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número — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • count verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.
  • figure noun A number or numerical value.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • number noun A value used to count, measure, or label something.
  • numeral noun A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.

Senses

número is used for these senses in English:

  • count The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
  • figure A numeral.
  • issue The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
  • number (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
  • number (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
  • numeral (linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

count — full definition

  1. verb To say numbers in order, or to work out the total number of something.
  2. verb To matter or be of significance.
  3. noun The total reached by counting; a tally.
  4. noun A nobleman ranking below a duke and above a baron in some European countries.

figure — full definition

  1. noun A number or numerical value.
  2. noun The shape of a person’s body.
  3. noun A person considered in terms of their public role or influence.
  4. noun A diagram or illustration used to convey information.
  5. verb To think, guess, or conclude something.

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