How to pronounce number
American English pronunciation
NUM-ber
- IPA
- /ˈnʌmbɚ/
- Syllables
- NUM · ber (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What number means
Most people know number in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A single song or dance in a show
In a sentence: For her big number in the school play, Ava sang and tap-danced.
Where it comes from: It comes through old French from the Latin word numerus, meaning a number. It is the same word as the numbers you count with.
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