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numerous | numerosity |

As an adjective numerous

is indefinitely large numerically, many.

As a noun numerosity is

(uncountable) the condition of being numerous.

numerous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Indefinitely large numerically, many.
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  • , 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

    numerosity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being numerous
  • (countable) The extent to which something is numerous