/ English Dictionary

NUMEROSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large number

Synonyms:

multiplicity; numerosity; numerousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("numerosity" is a kind of...):

figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)

Attribute:

many (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number)

few (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "numerosity"):

multitudinousness (a very large number (especially of people))

Derivation:

numerous (amounting to a large indefinite number)

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