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Definition 1:
To give a number to (someone or something in a series) :to label or identify (people or things in a series) with a number .
Examples:
She numbers and arranges the photographs according to when they were taken.
For the quiz, take out a sheet of paper and number it from one to ten. [=write the numbers one through ten down the side of the paper]
Each print is signed and numbered by the artist.
The team’s coach bought all the players numbered jerseys.
Definition 2:
used to indicate a total amount linking verb no obj .
Examples:
The population now numbers about 400,000. [=the population is now about 400,000]
In that year, European settlers in the area numbered nearly 15,000.
Though his years number only 45 [=though he is only 45 years old], he looks like an old man.
The animal, which once numbered in the millions, is now extinct.
Definition 3:
To include (someone or something) as part of a larger group + among or with + obj usually used as (be) numbered no obj .
Examples:
She numbers among her friends three Nobel Prize winners. = She numbers three Nobel Prize winners among her friends. [=three of her friends are Nobel Prize winners]
He numbers her with the other great poets of the time.
John Keats is numbered [=ranked] among the greatest English poets.
I am proud to be numbered among those who have served our country.
She numbers among the best. [=she is one of the best]
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