Synonyms: number
Definition: an item of merchandise offered for sale
Usage: she preferred the black nylon number; this sweater is an all-wool number
Similar words: merchandise, product, ware
Definition: commodities offered for sale
Usage: good business depends on having good merchandise; that store offers a variety of products
Synonyms: number
Definition: a clothing measurement
Usage: a number 13 shoe
Similar words: size
Definition: the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
Usage: he wears a size 13 shoe
Definition: the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
Usage: he had a number of chores to do; the number of parameters is small; the figure was about a thousand
Similar words: amount
Definition: the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
Usage: an adequate amount of food for four people
Synonyms: number
Definition: the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural)
Usage: in English the subject and the verb must agree in number
Similar words: grammatical category, syntactic category
Definition: (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
Synonyms: identification number, number
Definition: a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
Usage: she refused to give them her Social Security number
Similar words: positive identification
Definition: evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
Usage: a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people
Synonyms: number, telephone number, phone number
Definition: the number is used in calling a particular telephone
Usage: he has an unlisted number
Similar words: sign, signal, signaling
Definition: any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
Usage: signals from the boat suddenly stopped
Definition: one of a series published periodically
Usage: she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Similar words: periodical
Definition: a publication that appears at fixed intervals
Definition: a symbol used to represent a number
Usage: he learned to write the numerals before he went to school
Similar words: symbol
Definition: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
Synonyms: turn, act, bit, number, routine
Definition: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program
Usage: he did his act three times every evening; she had a catchy little routine; it was one of the best numbers he ever did
Similar words: performance, public presentation
Definition: a dramatic or musical entertainment
Usage: they listened to ten different performances; the play ran for 100 performances; the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity
Synonyms: number
Definition: a select company of people
Usage: I hope to become one of their number before I die
Similar words: company
Definition: a social gathering of guests or companions
Usage: the house was filled with company when I arrived
Synonyms: number
Definition: a concept of quantity involving zero and units
Usage: every number has a unique position in the sequence
Similar words: definite quantity
Definition: a specific measure of amount
Definition: place a limit on the number of
Similar words: circumscribe, limit, confine
Definition: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Definition: enumerate
Usage: We must number the names of the great mathematicians
Definition: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
Usage: Many senators were named in connection with the scandal; The almanac identifies the auspicious months
Synonyms: count, number, numerate, enumerate
Definition: determine the number or amount of
Usage: Can you count the books on your shelf?; Count your change
Similar words: ascertain, find, find out, determine
Definition: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Usage: find the product of two numbers; The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize
Synonyms: number
Definition: give numbers to
Usage: You should number the pages of the thesis
Similar words: denominate, designate
Definition: assign a name or title to
Synonyms: number, total, come, add up, amount
Definition: add up in number or quantity
Usage: The bills amounted to $2,000; The bill came to $2,000
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: put into a group
Usage: The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members
Similar words: class, classify, assort, separate, sort, sort out
Definition: arrange or order by classes or categories
Usage: How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?