1. Having a number or a series of numbers
   "Terminals are numbered from 2 - 4"
    
2. Limited or coming to an end soon
   "With her days on this earth now surely numbered"

1. Equal a particular sum or quantity when calculated or combined
   "The crowd numbered over ten thousand";
   - total, add up, come, amount, come to
    
2. Enumerate
   "We must number the names of the great mathematicians";
   - list
    
3. Give numbers to
   "You should number the pages of the thesis"
    
4. Determine the number or amount of
   "Can you number the books on your shelf?";
   - count, enumerate, numerate
    
5. Put into a group
   "The academy numbers several Nobel Prize winners among its members";
   - count
    
6. Place a limit on the number of
   "The restaurant numbers its reservations to avoid overcrowding";
   - keep down

See also: closing, maintain, marked

Type of: ascertain, assort, be, circumscribe, class, classify, confine to, denominate, designate, determine, find, find out, identify, limit, name, separate, sort, sort out

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