"numerous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnuməɹəs/ [General-American], /ˈnumɹəs/ [General-American], /ˈnjuːməɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈnjuːmɹəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-numerous.ogg [US], en-uk-numerous.ogg [UK] Forms: more numerous [comparative], most numerous [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːməɹəs Etymology: From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- + -ous. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*nem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|numerous}} Middle English numerous, {{der|en|la|numerōsus||numerous, abundant; harmonious}} Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), {{m|la|numerus||number}} numerus (“number”), {{doublet|en|numerose}} Doublet of numerose, {{suffix|en|numero-|-ous}} numero- + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)
  1. Indefinitely large numerically, many. Translations (Indefinitely large numerically): عَدِيد (ʕadīd) (Arabic), كَثِير (kaṯīr) (Arabic), բազմաթիվ (bazmatʻiv) (Armenian), çoxsaylı (Azerbaijani), çoxlu (Azerbaijani), шматлі́кі (šmatlíki) (Belarusian), многобро́ен (mnogobróen) (Bulgarian), многочи́слен (mnogočíslen) (Bulgarian), nombrós (Catalan), 眾多 (Chinese Mandarin), 众多 (zhòngduō) (Chinese Mandarin), (duō) (Chinese Mandarin), četný (Czech), početný (Czech), talrig (Danish), talrijk (Dutch), ontelbaar (Dutch), numereus (Dutch), aSA:Z2 (ꜥšꜣ) (Egyptian), multnombra (Esperanto), arvukas (Estonian), lukuisa (Finnish), nombreux (French), numeroso (Galician), ურიცხვი (uricxvi) (Georgian), უამრავი (uamravi) (Georgian), დიდძალი (didʒali) (Georgian), zahlreich (German), vielzählig (German), רַב (rav) (Hebrew), számos (Hungarian), nagyszámú (Hungarian), fjölmargur (Icelandic), suurlukuin (Ingrian), numerose (Interlingua), líonmhar (Irish), numeroso (Italian), 多数の (tasū no) (alt: たすうの) (Japanese), 多い (ōi) (alt: おおい) (Japanese), 수많다 (sumanta) (Korean), 다수의 (dasuui) (Korean), numerōsus (Latin), frequens (Latin), creber (Latin), daudzskaitlīgs (Latvian), gausus (Lithuanian), tahlriek [German-Low-German] (Low German), tallriek [German-Low-German] (Low German), многуброен (mnogubroen) (Macedonian), броен (broen) (Macedonian), അനേകം (anēkaṁ) (Malayalam), നിരവധി (niravadhi) (Malayalam), കുറേ (kuṟē) (Malayalam), makiu (Maori), tini makiu (Maori), maruru (Maori), maha (Maori), ngeangea (Maori), huhua (Maori), tini whāioio (Maori), mahamaha (Maori), tīpatere (Maori), makehua (Maori), tini makehua (Maori), tallrik (Norwegian Bokmål), talrik (Norwegian Nynorsk), getælfull (Old English), چوك (çok) (Ottoman Turkish), كثرت اوزره (kesret üzere) (Ottoman Turkish), liczny (Polish), numeroso (Portuguese), numeros (Romanian), многочи́сленный (mnogočíslennyj) (Russian), बहु (bahu) (Sanskrit), бро̑јан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мно̏гобро̄јан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), brȏjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mnȍgobrōjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), početný (Slovak), številen (Slovene), številčen (Slovene), numeroso (Spanish), talrik (Swedish), sayısız (Turkish), çok sayıda (Turkish), birçok (Turkish), багаточи́сельний (bahatočýselʹnyj) (Ukrainian), числе́нний (čyslénnyj) (Ukrainian), نۇرغۇن (nurghun) (Uyghur), đông (Vietnamese), nhiều (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-numerous-en-adj-pyIE5UK8 Disambiguation of 'Indefinitely large numerically': 96 4
  2. Consisting of a large number of individuals or parts.
    Sense id: en-numerous-en-adj-5VT70K-J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: many, multiple, manifold Derived forms: numerosity, overnumerous, supernumerous

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          "text": "Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.",
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          "word": "רַב"
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          "word": "számos"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "nagyszámú"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "alt": "たすうの",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tasū no",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "多数の"
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          "alt": "おおい",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōi",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "多い"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sumanta",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "수많다"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dasuui",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "다수의"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "frequens"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "creber"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "daudzskaitlīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "gausus"
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          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tahlriek"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
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          "word": "tallriek"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mnogubroen",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "многуброен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "broen",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "броен"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "anēkaṁ",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "അനേകം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "niravadhi",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "നിരവധി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kuṟē",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "കുറേ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "makiu"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "tini makiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "maruru"
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        {
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          "word": "ngeangea"
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          "word": "huhua"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "tini whāioio"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "mahamaha"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "makehua"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
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          "word": "getælfull"
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          "roman": "kesret üzere",
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          "word": "كثرت اوزره"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "liczny"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "numeroso"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "numeros"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnogočíslennyj",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "многочи́сленный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "bahu",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "word": "बहु"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "бро̑јан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "мно̏гобро̄јан"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sh",
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "word": "കുറേ"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "ngeangea"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "huhua"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "tini whāioio"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "mahamaha"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "tīpatere"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "كثرت اوزره"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "numeros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogočíslennyj",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "многочи́сленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "bahu",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "बहु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бро̑јан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мно̏гобро̄јан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "brȏjan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mnȍgobrōjan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "početný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "številen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "številčen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "numeroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "talrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "sayısız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "çok sayıda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "birçok"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatočýselʹnyj",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "багаточи́сельний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čyslénnyj",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "числе́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "nurghun",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "نۇرغۇن"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "đông"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Indefinitely large numerically",
      "word": "nhiều"
    }
  ],
  "word": "numerous"
}

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