Numeral

Quick meaning: Numeral is a noun meaning A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.

Meaning

A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 or the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.

More Meanings

1. A representation of a number composed of such symbols.
2. (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
3. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.
4. (linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

Example Sentences

A long train of numeral progressions.

Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.

Compare the numeral for the product with the original decimal numeral.

We use the term numeral for linguistic expressions and number for meanings. For example, five is a numeral expressing the number "5" - and fifteen hundred and one thousand five hundred are different numerals expressing the same number, "1,500".

Word Forms

• numerals

Synonyms for numeral

Depending on context, synonyms include numeric, number, numerical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include numeric, numerical, number, digit, statistic, figure.

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