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English

Noun

A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
The action of create|creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
The action of counting or ordering with numbers.

Verb

numbering

Category:English present participles

it:numbering ru:numbering fi:numbering ta:numbering vi:numbering

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbered
(n[u^]m"b[~e]rd); p. pr & vb. n. Numbering.] [OE. nombren,
noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See
Number, n.]
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1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to
enumerate.
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If a man can number the dust of the earth, then
shall thy seed also be numbered. --Gen. xiii.
16.
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2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
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He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii.
12.
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3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the
place of in a series by order of number; to designate the
place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses
in a street, or the apartments in a building.
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4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of;
as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
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Thy tears can not number the dead. --Campbell.
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Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive
numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc.
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Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.
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WordNet numbering
n : a numbered list [syn: enumeration]

Moby Dictionary
accounting , assimilating , census , comprising , containing , counting ,
covering , dactylonomy , embracing , encircling , enclosing ,
encompassing , enumeration , envisaging , foliation , including ,
inclusive , incorporating , inventorying , measurement , numeration ,
pagination , quantification , quantization , tallying , telling