Betydning av number på norsk

• 0 a symbol or word showing an amount or quantity

  • Write the numbers 1 -10. Skriv tallene fra 1 til 10.

  • letters and numbers bokstaver og tall

  • Pick a high/low number. Velg et høyt/lavt tall.

• 1 a quantity of sth

  • The number of polar bears is decreasing. Antall isbjørner er avtagende.

  • A large number of people came to the meeting. Et høyt antall personer kom til møtet.

  • The company faces a number of challenges. Selskapet står overfor flere utfordringer.

• 2 a set of numbers used to contact sb using the telephone

  • Did you write down my number? Skrev du ned telefonnummeret mitt?

• 3 indicates the position in a series

  • the song at number ten in the charts sangen på tiendeplass på hitlistene

  • We’re No. 1! Vi er nummer én!

• 4 to put a number on or by sth

  • Number the items on your list. Nummerér punktene på listen din.

  • Each area on the map is numbered. Alle områdene på kartet er nummererte.

• 5 to add up to

  • an audience that numbered at least four thousand en publikum som telte minst fire tusen

• 6 (sometimes abbreviated to no – plural nos – when written in front of a figure) a word or figure showing eg how many of something there are, or the position of something in a series etc

  • Seven was often considered a magic number

  • Answer nos 1–10 of exercise 2.

• 7 a (large) quantity or group (of people or things)

  • He has a number of records

  • There were a large number of people in the room.

• 8 one issue of a magazine

  • the autumn number.

• 9 a popular song or piece of music

  • He sang his most popular number.

• 10 to put a number on

  • He numbered the pages in the top corner.

• 11 to include

  • He numbered her among his closest friends.

• 12 to come to in total

  • The group numbered ten.