numbered

Verb

number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)

1. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
   • I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
2. (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.
   • The old man knew that his days were numbered.
3. (archaic, literary, transitive) To count; to determine the quantity of.
   • The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered.
4. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
   • Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
5. (transitive) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.
   • Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game.
6. (transitive) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.
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