Commentary: NUMBER[+quantity][+count]
Examples:
He had a number of chores to do.
The number of parameters is small.
There was a large number of students in attendance at the football game.
We had a huge rise in the number of phone calls since the advertisement was aired.
There are a number of misconceptions about AI.
There are any number of ways to prove this theorem.
The skies were filled with migrating birds without number. (not countable)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: NUMBER[+entity][+member][+set][+mathematical]
Examples:
Suzy wrote the number 7 on top of all of her papers for luck.
George learned to write his numbers in the first grade.
'i' belongs to the set of imaginary numbers.
The Romans used different notation to represent their numbers.
I'm thinking of an even number between 1 and 100.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 5
Commentary: NUMBER[+entity][+symbolic][+alphanumeric][+sequence][+identification][+phone/+social_security/+credit_card] A numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification
Examples:
She refused to give them her Social Security number.
I can never remember my student ID number.
John is good at remembering friends' phone numbers.
Suzy never givers her credit card number over the telephone.
Please enter your Personal Identification Number when prompted.
Each prisoner in the camp had a number tattooed on the arm.
Flight number 744 to Miami has been delayed.
That number on the bottle is the expiration date, I believe.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: NUMBER[+entity][+artifact][+merchandise]
NOTE: informal usage
Examples:
I need a dress and I like that little red number in the window.
Look at that girl, what a hot little number. (metaphoric extension)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: NUMBER[+activity][+performance][+theatrical][+routine] A piece of music or a dance routine
Examples:
She played a catchy little number on the piano for us.
They used an old number from Vaudeville for the opening act.
She really did a number on him. (metaphoric, slangy extension)
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Examples:
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: NUMBER[+relation][+role][+marker][+grammatical][+plural/+singular] The grammatical category for the forms of words that are used depending on the number of entities involved.
Examples:
In English the subject and the verb must agree in number.
Those languages don't mark number morphologically, plurality is determined from other words.
John had trouble assigning the correct case, gender and number to German pronouns.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: NUMBER[+system][+classification][+measurement] A clothing measurement
Examples:
Look for a number 9 shoe in black for me, please.
The numbers on these dresses are for Women's sizes, not Misses.
Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: NUMBER[+entity][+group][+people]
Examples:
There were some distinguished names among our number at the dinner last night.
Some of their number were jumping overboard and trying to swim to shore.
There is safety in numbers. (groups of people)
The weight of numbers turned the battle against them. (many soldiers)
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: NUMBER[+entity][+document][+periodical][+issue][+sequenced]
Examples:
Mary has misplaced her October number of Travel magazine.
Two numbers are missing from this otherwise complete collection of 1922 fashion magazines.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: NUMBER[+activity][+game][+lottery]
NOTE: occurs in the plural
Examples:
His brother lost a lot of money on the numbers.
The police broke up a numbers racket in Newark.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: Idiom: by_the_numbers
Examples:
They were told to execute the operation by the numbers.
He's the risk-adverse type who manages by the numbers.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: idiom_1
Commentary: Idiom: have_one's_number
Examples:
They've got your number so you'd best give up the whole effort.
John warned Bob that he had his number.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_2
Commentary: Idiom: someone's_number_is_up
Examples:
I guess he just figured his number was up, and he quit trying to fight the illness.
Our number's not up yet, we still have a shot at the championship.
Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom_3