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renumbering

renumbering is the present participle and gerund of renumber.

Meaning of renumber

Verb

renumber (third-person singular simple present renumbers, present participle renumbering, simple past and past participle renumbered)

  1. To number again, to assign new numbers to.

Noun

renumbering (plural renumberings)

  1. The act or process of assigning new numbers.
    • frequent renumberings
    • L.M.S. Numbers, Names and Classes; L.N.E.R. Second Renumberings; Stock Changes L.N.E.R., G.W.R., S.R. July, 1946. By A. J. Cresswell. […] The first three pages of this booklet consist of tables of second renumberings of L.N.E.R. locomotives where they differ from the new numbers selected in the...1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 64

Forms of renumbering

pluralrenumberings

Questions about renumbering

What does renumbering mean?
Renumbering means the act or process of assigning new numbers.
What is renumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Renumbering is the present participle and gerund of renumber.
What part of speech is renumbering?
Renumbering is a noun.
What is the plural of renumbering?
The plural of renumbering is renumberings.

Words near renumbering in the dictionary

  1. renumbed
  2. renumber
  3. renumbered
  4. renumberer
  5. renumberers
  6. renumbering
  7. renumberings
  8. renumbers
  9. renumbing
  10. renumbs
  11. renumerate

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