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adjective
- 1. great in number; many: "she had complained to the council on numerous occasions"
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adjective. uk / ˈnjuː.mə.rəs / us / ˈnuː.mə.rəs / Add to word list. C1. many: We have discussed these plans on numerous occasions. Retailers of this type, once rare, are now numerous. Synonym. legion formal. Fewer examples. The report contains numerous errors. The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.
: consisting of great numbers of units or individuals. born into a numerous family. also : many. received numerous complaints. The people I'd like to thank are too numerous to mention. numerously adverb. numerousness noun. Synonyms. beaucoup [ slang] legion. many. multifold. multiplex. multitudinous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Numerous definition: very many; being or existing in great quantity. See examples of NUMEROUS used in a sentence.
adjective. us / ˈnuː.mə.rəs / uk / ˈnjuː.mə.rəs / Add to word list. C1. many: We have discussed these plans on numerous occasions. Retailers of this type, once rare, are now numerous. Synonym. legion formal. Fewer examples. The report contains numerous errors. The book contains numerous plagiarized passages.
Numerous means very large in quantity. You wouldn’t use numerous to describe how many feet you have (just two), but you could use it to describe the infinite number of shoes in your closet.
adjective. If people or things are numerous, they exist or are present in large numbers. Sex crimes were just as numerous as they are today. Despite numerous attempts to diet, her weight soared. Synonyms: many, several, countless, lots More Synonyms of numerous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of numerous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Numerous Definition. no͝omər-əs, nyo͝o- Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Consisting of many persons or things. A numerous collection. Webster's New World. Very many. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: legion. untold. extensive. abundant. diverse. copious. infinite. multiple.
adjective. formal uk / ˈnjuːm ə rəs / us. Add to word list. many: He is the author of numerous articles. (Definition of numerous from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of numerous. in Chinese (Traditional) 許多的，大量的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 许多的，大量的… See more. in Spanish.
very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish. consisting of or comprising a great number of units or individuals: Recent audiences have been more numerous. Latin numerōsus consisting of a great number, numerous, equivalent. to nume-r ( us) number + -ōsus - ous. 1580–90.
