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numerous | numbers |

As an adjective numerous

is indefinitely large numerically, many.

As a proper noun Numbers is

the Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

As a noun numbers is

plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

As a verb numbers is

third-person singular of number.

numerous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Indefinitely large numerically, many.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
  • * There are numerous definitions of the word 'man'.
  • Synonyms

    * See many

    Derived terms

    * overnumerous * overnumerousness * supernumerous * supernumerousness * unnumerous

    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.