numbers

noun

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

Many individuals as a group.

(with "the") Ellipsis of numbers game. [A lottery in which bettors attempt to guess which numbers will later be drawn randomly; especially, an illicit one.]

Roots

numerusnumb- · Latin · number

Synonyms for numbers

figuresn quantityn scoresn

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Where does numbers come from?

The word numbers breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root numb-, from Latin numerus (“number”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.