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numbers | numeral |

As nouns the difference between numbers and numeral

is that numbers is while numeral is numeral.

As a verb numbers

is (number).

As an adjective numeral is

numeral, numeric.

numbers

English

(Book of Numbers)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.
  • * 1599 — Shakespeare, Hen V i 2
    • For in the book of Numbers is it writ, when the man dies, let the inheritance descend unto the daughter.

    Related terms

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    numeral

    English

    (wikipedia numeral)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  • (linguistics) A word or symbol representing a number.
    • The word “fifteen”, the Arabic numeral''' “15”, and the Roman '''numeral''' “XV” are all '''numerals representing the number fifteen.
  • * 2002 — Laurie Bauer & Rodney Huddleston, "Lexical word-formation", p1621-1722 in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language , p1715
    • We use the term numeral' for linguistic expressions and '''number''' for meanings. For example, ''five'' is a '''numeral''' expressing the number "5" - and ''fifteen hundred'' and ''one thousand five hundred'' are different ' numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".
  • (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
    • Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "numeral")

    Synonyms

    * (word or symbol representing a number) number

    Derived terms

    * cardinal numeral * ordinal numeral * Arabic numeral * Roman numeral

    See also

    * digit

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
  • * (John Locke)
    • A long train of numeral progressions.

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