numbering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: numbering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for numbering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
numbering n a numbered list Synonym(s): enumeration, numbering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Number \Num"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Numbered}; p. pr & vb. n. {Numbering}.] [OE. nombren, noumbren, F. nombrer, fr. L. numerare, numeratum. See {Number}, n.] 1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. --Gen. xiii. 16. 2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. He was numbered with the transgressors. --Is. liii. 12. 3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building. 4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. Thy tears can not number the dead. --Campbell. {Numbering machine}, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc. Syn: To count; enumerate; calculate; tell.