NUMERAL

Numeral

In linguistics, a numeral is a member of a word class designating numbers, such as the English word 'two' and the compound 'seventy-seven'.

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numeral

Noun

  1. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
  2. A word or symbol representing a number.
    The word “fifteen”, the Arabic numeral “15”, and the Roman numeral “XV” are all numerals representing the number fifteen.
  3. A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
    Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.


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