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61number — I. n 1. a marihuana cigarette, joint. A vogue term of the late 1960s originating in the USA and deriving from the use of number to mean item, piece or unit. The word remains in use among cannabis smokers. ► Roll another number for the road. (Song …
62number — amount, number Amount is normally used with uncountable nouns (i.e. nouns which have no plural) to mean ‘quantity’ (e.g. a reasonable amount of forgiveness, glue, resistance, straw, etc.), and number with plural nouns (e.g. a certain number of… …
63number — coordination number gauge number hardness number Mach number …
64number — I. v. a. 1. Count, enumerate, tell, reckon, calculate, compute, numerate, call over, tell off, run over, sum up. 2. Reckon, account. 3. Equal in number. 4. Amount to, reach the number of, contain, include, consist of. 5. Designate by number,… …
65number — 1. noun 1) a whole number Syn: numeral, integer, figure, digit, character 2) a large number of complaints Syn: quantity, total, aggregate, tally, quota 3) …
66number — 1. noun /ˈnʌm.bə(ɹ),ˈnʌm.bɚ/ a) An abstract entity used to describe quantity. Zero, one, 1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers. b) A numeral: a symbol for a non nega …
67Number — 1. article of clothing: Her new dress is a cute little number ; 2. attractive woman: that blonde number who lives out of town ; 3. theatrical piece; routine; 4. song; 5. meal: nice pesto number …
68number — Australian Slang 1. article of clothing: Her new dress is a cute little number ; 2. attractive woman: that blonde number who lives out of town ; 3. theatrical piece; routine; 4. song; 5. meal: nice pesto number …
69number — Used with the definite article, number always takes a singular verb ( The number of people in the world is rising ); used with an indefinite article it always takes a plural verb ( A number of people are unhappy ) …
70number is up — (someone s) number is up informal if someone s number is up, they are going to die or to suffer. This car came hurtling towards me and I thought my number was up …
