Numbers
['nʌmbɚz]
Definition
(noun.) the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt.
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Definition
(n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Verses, poetry, song.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of numbers, denotes that unsettled conditions in business will cause you uneasiness and dissatisfaction. See Figures.
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Examples
- Each female cod has more than 9,000,000 eggs, but the numbers are kept down by a host of enemies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She determined to call upon them and seek safety in numbers. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Great numbers of his most sober and valuable subjects were driven abroad by his religious persecutions, taking arts and industries with them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Mexicans used to capture these in large numbers and bring them into the American settlements and sell them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Up to that time I had not occupied any place in the South where the citizens were at home in any great numbers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were in what is called a good position, and visited, and were visited by, numbers of people. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Numbers of people were there before me, all running in one direction, to the beach. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Our first plan had been to quit our wintry native latitude, and seek for our diminished numbers the luxuries and delights of a southern climate. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Many of the foreigners were utterly destitute; and their increasing numbers at length forbade a recourse to the usual modes of relief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Pal?olithic Age was an age of fights and murder, no doubt, but not of the organized collective fighting of numbers of men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The corps numbers over twenty-one thousand men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were familiar; many of them commonplaces--sun, moon, planets, weight, distance, mass, square of numbers. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I was afraid of the numbers above two. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was under lock and key; but the lock and key that kept him in, kept numbers of his troubles out. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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