1. A numbered list
   "The report used numbering to organize its main points";
   - enumeration
    
2. The action of counting or ordering with numbers
   "The numbering of the pages was inconsistent"

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

Derived forms: numberings

See also: maintain

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

Encyclopedia: Numbering