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I . number [ˈnʌmbə] N

1. number MATH:

number
数字 shùzì
number
号码 hàomǎ
an even (odd) number
偶(奇)数

2. number:

number
数量 shùliàng
number
数额 shù'é
a large number of people
很多人

3. number:

number
(杂志的)一期 yīqī
number
一册 yīcè

II . number [ˈnʌmbə] VB trans

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1. number:

number
给…编号 gěi…biānhào

back number N

cardinal number N

course number N

number one N

1. number one inf:

number one
自我 zìwǒ
number one
自身利益 zìshēn lìyì

2. number one:

number one
头号人物 tóuhào rénwù

number plate N Brit

ordinal number [ˈɔːdınəl ...] N MATH

registration mark, registration number N

serial number N

social security number N Am

Usage examples with number

an even (odd) number
偶(奇)数
a positive number
正数
a great number of people
很多人
count the number of apples
数苹果的数量
a large number of people
很多人
The number 535 contains three digits.
535是个三位数。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Many natural watercourses flow among mountain ranges running from north to south forming a number of valleys and gorges.
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The number of pulses per frame gives the number of controllable channels available.
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A number of desert-dwelling larks have evolved long bills, apparently to aid digging for food in a sandy environment.
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This district had the most number of active naxalite gangs.
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A number of wrongful conviction advocacy groups consider his first two guilty verdicts to be wrongful convictions.
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A large number of shrubs grow here, including chokecherry, juniper, saskatoon, sandbar willow, and two varieties of wild rose.
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During construction of the tunnels, a number of railways were employed to convey spoil from worksites and to deliver personnel, concrete and equipment throughout.
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The recall affects the medium jar of the paste, batch number 5014 with best before date 01/2017 and batch numbers 5111 and 5112 with best before date 04/2017.
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At the restarts, there were a number of cars 5 car lengths behind the car in front which should mean a stop-go penalty but these incidents went unpunished.
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While a number of formal tools were produced from chert and quartz, most non-obsidian tools were informal and produced through expedient flake production.
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