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  • noun A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
  • noun The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
  • noun The action of counting or ordering with numbers.
  • verb Present participle of number.

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  • noun a numbered list

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Examples

  • By climbing trees they had had a fairly good view of the herd, which they described as numbering several large tuskers, a great many cows and calves, and full-grown bulls whose ivory would be worth having.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • By climbing trees they had had a fairly good view of the herd, which they described as numbering several large tuskers, a great many cows and calves, and full-grown bulls whose ivory would be worth having.

    Return of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

  • Please do not settle for an earlier edition as the page numbering is different, as is the selection of cases.

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  • The kyu numbering is in reverse order with ikkyu (1) being the grade immediately below sho-dan.

    Crash Course: KENDO « Undercover 2007

  • It took a lot of paging to find the start of the book which means that the page numbering is off, a problem if I had a reference I wanted to look up.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • It took a lot of paging to find the start of the book which means that the page numbering is off, a problem if I had a reference I wanted to look up.

    Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: MBooks in the University of Michigan's Mirlyn Catalog 2007

  • The coins numbering 131 and kept in a earthen pot came to light when Nadumadhu 40 and his wife Kannammal of Kalkundapatti village, 47 km from here, were digging their piece of land for constructing a house, officials said.

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  • Scanning through the pages of the book covering the hexagram, you find that these refer to the fourth and fifth lines (numbering from the bottom up), meaning these lines are to have their state flipped from broken to unbroken.

    AI - Mark 3 Hal Duncan 2006

  • Scanning through the pages of the book covering the hexagram, you find that these refer to the fourth and fifth lines (numbering from the bottom up), meaning these lines are to have their state flipped from broken to unbroken.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Hal Duncan 2006

  • The coins numbering 131 and kept in a earthen pot came to light when Nadumadhu 40 and his wife Kannammal of Kalkundapatti village, 47 km from here, were digging their piece of land for constructing a house, officials said.

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