numbers
nounUS /ˈnʌmbɚz/ · UK /ˈnʌmbəz/
1
Many individuals as a group.
- Numbers of people have visited the fair.
- Unlike fairies who could produce only a single child every twenty years, Mud People bred like rodents. Numbers would subdue even magic.2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 50:
1 more example
- Wrex: We didn't have the numbers to go to war. Even if we did, the genophage made sure we couldn't replenish our numbers fast enough.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: SSV Normandy:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis, With definite article Ellipsis of numbers game.
- Her aunt played the numbers every day for years.