number

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. [A representation of quantity]

Syn. numeral, digit, figure, cipher, integer, fraction, cardinal number, ordinal number, Roman numeral, Arabic numeral, character, sign, emblem; see also representation , symbol .

• beyond number,

Syn. too many to count, too much to count, innumerable, countless; see many .

• get or [m1]• have one's number*,

Syn. discover one's true character, find out about, know; see understand 1 .

• one's number is up*,

Syn. one's time to die has arrived, one's time has come, one's destiny is fulfilled; see doomed .

• without number,

Syn. too numerous to be counted, innumerable, countless; see many .

v.

Syn. calculate, enumerate, estimate, amount to; see add 1 , count , total 1 .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. digit numeral, integer, cipher, round number, whole number, fraction.

2. amount sum, total, count, aggregate, tally, quantity, score.

II

v.

count, tally, enumerate, add up, paginate, reckon, tick off, compute, figure up, calculate, account, audit. see add

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To note (items) one by one so as to get a total: count, enumerate, numerate, reckon, tally, tell. See COUNT. 2. To come to in number or quantity: aggregate, amount, reach, run into, total. Idiom: add up to. See INCREASE. II noun Arithmetic calculations. Used in plural: arithmetic, computation, figure (used in plural). See COUNT.