Associations to the word «Numeral»

Wiktionary

NUMERAL, noun. A symbol that is not a word and represents a number, such as the Arabic numerals 1, 2, 3 and the Roman numerals I, V, X, L.
NUMERAL, noun. (linguistics) A word representing a number.
NUMERAL, noun. (card games) A card whose rank is a number (usually including the ace as 1).
NUMERAL, adjective. Of or relating to numbers; numerical.

Dictionary definition

NUMERAL, noun. A symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school".
NUMERAL, adjective. Of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral adjective".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley