ADJ
- cardinal, decimal, ordinal
- even, odd
- Houses on this side of the road have even numbers
- high, low
- prime
- random
- lucky, unlucky
- Many people think 13 is an unlucky number
- winning
- the winning numbers in tonight's lottery
VERB + NUMBER
- add, divide, multiply, subtract, take away
- Add all the numbers together, divide by ten, and take away the number you first thought of
PHRASES
- in round numbers
- There were about 150 there, in round numbers
- number crunching (= doing calculations)
- There's more to accountancy than just number crunching
ADJ
- considerable, enormous, great, huge, inordinate, large, substantial, vast
- record
- a record number of enquiries
- disproportionate, surprising
- fair, reasonable, significant
- We've had a fair number of complaints about the new phone system
- finite, infinite
- There are an infinite number of solutions to the problem
- equal
- The candidates received an equal number of votes
- maximum, minimum
- average, mean, median
- adequate, sufficient
- limited, small
- growing, increasing, rising
- exact, precise
- Many people have died in the epidemic?the precise number is not known
- indefinite, unspecified
- approximate
- total
VERB + NUMBER
- grow in, increase in
- Factories had increased in number between the wars
- decrease in, reduce in
NUMBER + VERB
- double, grow, increase
- decline, diminish, drop, dwindle, fall (off/down)
- Shark numbers have dwindled as a result of hunting
PREP
- in ~
- The paintings, twelve in number, are over 200 years old
PHRASES
- a decline/drop in numbers
- The decline in numbers of young people means that fewer teachers will be needed
- a growth/an increase in numbers, few/limited/small in number
- Wild dogs are now few in number
ADJ
- account, identity, registration, serial, etc.
- flat, house
ADJ
- fax, phone, telephone
- home, office, work
- wrong
- I keep getting the wrong number
VERB + NUMBER
- call, dial, phone, ring
- get