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  • 31number symbolism — Introduction       cultural associations, including religious, philosophic, and aesthetic, with various numbers.       Humanity has had a love hate relationship with numbers from the earliest times. Bones dating from perhaps 30,000 years ago show …

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  • 32whole — /hoʊl / (say hohl) adjective 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total. 2. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: a whole set. 3. undivided, or in one …

  • 33whole — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a plate left whole). 2 not less than; all there is of; entire, complete (waited a whole year; tell the whole truth; the whole school… …

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  • 34number — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A quantity] Syn. amount, sum total, totality, aggregate, whole, whole number, product, measurable quantity, recorded total, estimate, the lot, conglomeration, plenty, manifoldness, plenitude, abundance; see also quantity . 2 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35number game — Introduction       any of various puzzles and games that involve aspects of mathematics.       Mathematical recreations comprise puzzles and games that vary from naive amusements to sophisticated problems, some of which have never been solved.… …

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  • 36number — I n. symbol indicating quantity 1) an even; odd number 2) a high; low number 3) an algebraic; cardinal; complex; compound; decimal; imaginary; infinite; irrational; mass; mixed; natural; negative; ordinal; positive; prime; quantum; whole number… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 37number — Synonyms and related words: G, M, a certain number, a few, a number, account, act, add up, add up to, afterpiece, aggregate, aggregate to, amount, amount to, apportion, army, art, article, back matter, back number, batch, beat, bevy, billion, bit …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38number — number1 W1S1 [ˈnʌmbə US bər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(number)¦ 2¦(phone)¦ 3¦(in a set/list)¦ 4¦(for recognizing somebody/something)¦ 5¦(amount)¦ 6 numbers 7¦(music)¦ 8¦(magazine)¦ 9 have somebody s number 10 black/elegant etc …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 39whole — {{11}}whole (adj.) O.E. hal entire, unhurt, healthy, from P.Gmc. *khailaz undamaged (Cf. O.S. hel, O.N. heill, O.Fris. hal, M.Du. hiel, Du. heel, O.H.G., Ger. heil salvation, welfare ), from PIE *koilas (Cf. O.C.S. celu …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 40number — 1 noun 1 NUMBER (C) a word or sign which represents an amount or a quantity: Add together the following numbers: 1027, 643, and 378. | high/low number: Choose a fairly low number under 100, say. | even number (=2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc) | odd number… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English