numeral - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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a symbol used to represent a number“he learned to write the numerals before he went to school”Synonyms: numberType of symbolKinds Arabic numeral, Roman numeral, antilogarithm
a word expressing a number.“Numerals may be attributive, as in ‘two dogs’, or pronominal, as in ‘I saw two (of them)’.”Type of content word, open-class wordKinds ordinal number, cardinal number, indefinite numeral

of or relating to or denoting numbers“a numeral adjective”“numerical order”“a numeric symbol”Synonyms: numerical numericRelating to number

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Nu′mer·al adjective

Origin: L. numeralis, fr. numerus number: cf. F. numéral. See Number, noun

1. Of or pertaining to number; consisting of number or numerals.

A long train of numeral progressions.— John Locke

2. Expressing number; representing number; as, numeral letters or characters, as X or 10 for ten.

Nu′mer·al noun

1. A figure or character used to express a number; as, the Arabic numerals, 1, 2, 3, etc.; the Roman numerals, I, V, X, L, etc.

2. A word expressing a number.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54