"`num`" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: `num` [canonical], `num` [plural], `num`s [plural]
Etymology: Derived from the abbreviation lb for Latin libra (“pound”), via the medieval convention of indicating abbreviations with a bar, ℔. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|libra||pound}} Latin libra (“pound”) Head templates: {{en-noun|*|+}} `num` (plural `num` or `num`s)
  1. (US, food packaging) Pound (unit of weight). Tags: US
    Sense id: en-`num`-en-noun-yZOoaD0U Categories (other): American English
  2. (attributive, precedes a numeral) Number. Tags: attributive Synonyms: no. Related terms: £
    Sense id: en-`num`-en-noun-YpT88Rqg Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 0 20 5 2 6 2 2 6 6 2 1 6 2 8 2 1 5 1
  3. (Internet slang, text messaging) Number. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-`num`-en-noun-YpT88Rqg1
  4. (Scrabble) In English-language Scrabble, indicates that a word is only found in the British accepted word list and not the North American list. Categories (topical): Scrabble
    Sense id: en-`num`-en-noun-7TtAJmCg Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 14 0 19 5 2 6 3 3 6 5 4 2 6 4 7 3 2 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 19 0 20 5 2 6 2 2 6 6 2 1 6 2 8 2 1 5 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 36 0 54 Topics: Scrabble, board-games, games
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