Add vs Number - What's the difference?
add | number |
To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. Hence: To sum up; to put together mentally.
* (rfdate) (John Locke)
To combine elements of (something) into one quantity.
To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
* 1611 , King James Version, Genesis 30:24:
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost):
To append, as a statement; to say further.
* 1855 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England from the Accession of James the Second , volume 3, page 37 [http://books.google.com/books?id=w_M9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=added]:
* 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) Chapter 23
To make an addition. To add to, to augment; to increase.
* 1611 , King James Version, 1 Kings 12:14:
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.
(video games) An additional enemy that joined the fight after the primary target.
(computer science) An act or instance of adding.
(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
(countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer
(countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No'' or '' (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
Quantity.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= * Francis Bacon
A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
(countable, informal) A telephone number.
* 2001 , E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
* 2007 , Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:
(grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
(now, rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
* 1635 , (John Donne), The Triple Foole :
(countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
(countable, informal) A person
* 1968 , Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
* 1988 , Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:
* 2005 , Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:
(countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one
* 2007 , Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
* 2007 , Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:
(slang, chiefly, US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
* 2009 , (Thomas Pynchon), Inherent Vice , Vintage 2010, page 12:
(dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
To total or count; to amount to.
(numb)
As nouns the difference between add and number
is that add is while number is (countable) an abstract entity used to describe quantity.As a verb number is
to label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).As an adjective number is
(numb).add
English
Verb
(en verb)- as easily as he can add together the ideas of two days or two years.
- The LORD shall add to me another son.
- Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings.
- He added that he would willingly consent to the entire abolition of the tax
- "Bless your dear heart," she said, "I am sure I can tell you of a way to get back to Kansas." Then she added , "But, if I do, you must give me the Golden Cap."
- I will add to your yoke
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial.
Synonyms
* annex * coalesce * join * unite * mention, noteAntonyms
* (quantity) subtract * (matter) removeUsage notes
* We add by bringing things together so as to form a whole. * We join by putting one thing to another in close or continuous connection. * We annex by attaching some adjunct to a larger body. * We unite by bringing things together so that their parts adhere or intermingle. * Things coalesce by coming together or mingling so as to form one organization. * To add' quantities; to '''join''' houses; to '''annex''' territory; to '''unite''' kingdoms; to make parties ' coalesceDerived terms
* * addition * additive * add-on * add upNoun
(en noun)- After engaging the boss for one minute, two adds will arrive from the back and must be dealt with.
number
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en noun)The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
- Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.
- “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number ?”
- When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number'?” Well, I don’t give my ' number to guys I don’t know.
- Griefe brought to numbers cannot be so fierce, / For, he tames it, that fetters it in verse.
- I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number ."
- "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number , "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"
- He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.
- The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.
- "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."
- Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number , put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips
- the latest number of a magazine
Synonyms
* (mathematical number) scalarHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* abundant number * algebraic number * binary number * cardinal number * complex number * decimal number * deficient number * do a number on * have someone's number * hexadecimal number * house number * hyperreal number * hypercomplex number * imaginary number * irrational number * meandric number * natural number * nice round number * number-cruncher * number-crunching * number field * number line * number one * number two * number theory * numberless * ordinal number * opposite number * perfect number * phone number * prime number * rational number * real number * round number * serial number * surreal number * take a number * telephone number * transcendental number * transfinite number * whole number * without number * (number)See also
* (grammatical numbers) singular,? dual,? trial,? quadral,? paucal,? pluralVerb
(en verb)- Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
- I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.