numbers

name

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

   “For in the book of Numbers is it writ, When the man dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter.”

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of number
2. (plural, plural-only)Many individuals as a group.

   “Numbers of people have visited the fair.”

   “Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.”

   “Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article)Ellipsis of numbers game.

   “Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.”

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of number