numbers

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌmbɚz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌmbəz/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: num‧bers

numbers

1. plural of number

numbers pl (plural only)

1. Many individuals as a group.

   Numbers of people have visited the fair.

   • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 50:

     Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:

     Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough.

2. (with "the") Ellipsis of numbers game.

   Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.

numbers

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of number

• numbres, renumbs