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  1. noun Mathematics A member of the set of positive integers; one of a series of symbols of unique meaning in a fixed order that can be derived by counting.
  2. noun Mathematics A member of any of the further sets of mathematical objects, such as negative integers and real numbers.
  3. noun Arithmetic.

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  1. Middle English nombre, from Old French, from Latin numerus; see nem- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also dial. nummer; from Middle English numbre, nombre, number, noumbre, from Old French nombre, French nombre = Spanish número = Portuguese Italian numero = Dutch nommer = G. Danish Swedish nummer, from Latin numerus, a number, a quantity, in plural numbers, mathematics, in gram, number, etc.; akin to Greek νόμος law, custom, etc., a strain in music, etc., from νέμειν, distribute, apportion: see nome, nome.
  2. from Middle English nombren, noumbren, nowmbren, nowmeren, from Old French numbrer, noumbrer, nombrer, French nombrer = Provencal numerar, numbrar, nombrar = Spanish Portuguese numerar = Italian numerare, from Latin numerare, number, count, from numerus, a number: see number, n.
 

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