The word numerous means

: 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.

Synonyms

Example Sentences



She decided to leave for numerous reasons.



The birds are becoming more numerous in this area.

Recent Examples on the Web

Susan Lahey Contributor Susan Lahey is a journalist and writer whose work has been published in numerous places in the U.S. and Europe.


—Susan Lahey, Popular Mechanics, 12 Apr. 2023




At only 23, the Georgia native already has two Grammy Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, and numerous other accolades.


—Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 12 Apr. 2023




Crime scene investigators could be seen marking and photographing numerous bullet holes in the windows near the bank’s front door.


—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023




Hypertension affects approximately 65 million adults in the United States and occurs as a result of numerous risk factors.


—Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023




Pinal County, which is not on the southern border, is home to numerous smuggling routes.


—Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2023




Crime scene investigators could be seen marking and photographing numerous bullet holes in the windows near the bank’s front door.


—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023




Crime scene investigators could be seen marking and photographing numerous bullet holes in the windows near the bank’s front door.


—Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023




Crime scene investigators could be seen marking and photographing numerous bullet holes in the windows near the bank’s front door.


—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023


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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin numerosus, from numerus

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of numerous was
in the 15th century

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многочисленный, многие, множественный

прилагательное ↓

- многочисленный

numerous family [army, class] — большая семья [армия, категория] 
numerous visitors [books, letters, misprints] — много посетителей [книг, писем, опечаток] 
numerous library — богатая библиотека 
numerous gifts — многочисленные подарки 
numerous dinner — уст. большой званый обед 

- редк. исходящий от многих

numerous hum — многоголосый шум 

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Словосочетания

a tortuous mountain road marked by numerous hairpin turns — извилистая горная дорога с многочисленными крутыми поворотами  
the author of numerous unperformed plays — автор многочисленных пьес, которые не были поставлены на сцене  
numerous healings — многочисленные случаи исцеления  
body dotted with numerous red points — тело, усыпанное многочисленными красными пятнышками  
the numerous appendices to his article — многочисленные приложения к его статье  
numerous family — большая семья  
numerous visitors — много посетителей  
on numerous occasions — часто  
test of numerous chambers — многокамерная раковина  
too numerous to count — слишком много, чтобы пересчитать  
a numerous audience — многочисленная аудитория  
in numerous cases — во многих случаях  

Примеры с переводом

She decided to leave for numerous reasons. 

Она решила уйти по многим причинам.

Numerous attempts have been made to hide the truth. 

Предпринимаются многочисленные попытки скрыть правду.

Numerous problems deadened his enthusiasm. 

Многочисленные проблемы уменьшили его энтузиазм.

The paper contains numerous spelling errors. 

Документ содержит многочисленные орфографические ошибки.

His army was not near so numerous as when he left Spain. 

Его армия вовсе не была такой же многочисленной, как тогда, когда он покидал Испанию.

Numerous pictures fill every available space. 

Многочисленные фотографии заполняют всё доступное пространство.

The democratical party has numerous filiations in the towns. 

Демократическая партия имеет многочисленные отделения в разных городах.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

There are numerous clubs, plus a casino.  

…have numerous applicants for the job…  

The World’s Fair had numerous pavilions.  

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Other forms: numerously

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.

The adjective numerous is related to the word number — which is no big surprise since it basically means «a large number of something.» Use numerous to describe a copious or abundant amount that you can’t give a specific number for. Numerous fans probably come out for the all-star game, for example. And numerous players wish they made the all-star team.

Definitions of numerous

  1. adjective

    amounting to a large indefinite number

    “numerous times”

    “the family was
    numerous”

    synonyms:

    legion

    many

    a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as’ or `too’ or `so’ or `that’; amounting to a large but indefinite number

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  • 1
    numerous

    NUMEROUS, MANY

    Numerous употребляется наряду с many в различных сочетаниях и часто переводится русским ‘многочисленный’. Ср. numerous telegrams of greeting и many telegrams of greeting, numerous books on travel и many books on travel. Однако, в отличие от many, numerous может сочетаться с существительными (преимущественно собирательными) не только во множественном, но и в единственном числе: numerous audience, numerous assembly.

    Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > numerous

  • 2
    numerous

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > numerous

  • 3
    numerous

    Персональный Сократ > numerous

  • 4
    numerous

    [ʹnju:m(ə)rəs]

    1. многочисленный

    numerous family [army, class] — большая семья [армия, категория]

    numerous visitors [books, letters, misprints] — много посетителей [книг, писем, опечаток]

    НБАРС > numerous

  • 5
    numerous

    1. a многочисленный

    2. a редк. исходящий от многих

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. abundant (adj.) abundant; divers; myriad; several; sundry

    2. many (adj.) copious; diverse; frequent; infinite; legion; manifold; many; multifarious; multitudinal; multitudinous; numberless; populous; various; voluminous

    Антонимический ряд:

    few; lacking; scant; scarce; sparse

    English-Russian base dictionary > numerous

  • 6
    numerous

    [‘njuːm(ə)rəs]

    adj

    The child’s questions were too numerous for a single person to answer. — Вопросов у ребенка было больше, чем один человек мог ответить.

    The stars in the sky were are numerous to count. — Звезд на небе так много, что их не пересчитать


    — for numerous reasons

    English-Russian combinatory dictionary > numerous

  • 7
    numerous

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > numerous

  • 8
    numerous

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > numerous

  • 9
    numerous

    Англо-русский технический словарь > numerous

  • 10
    numerous

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > numerous

  • 11
    numerous

    [ˈnju:mərəs]

    numerous многочисленный

    English-Russian short dictionary > numerous

  • 12
    numerous

    1. многочисленный

    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > numerous

  • 13
    numerous

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > numerous

  • 14
    numerous

    [`njuːm(ə)rəs]

    многочисленный, множественный

    гармоничный, созвучный, ритмичный, размеренный

    Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > numerous

  • 15
    numerous

    2000 самых употребительных английских слов > numerous

  • 16
    numerous

    adjective

    многочисленный

    * * *

    (a) многократный; многочисленный

    * * *

    * * *

    [nu·mer·ous || ‘nuːmərəs /’nju-]
    многочисленный, множественный, многие

    * * *

    многочислен

    многочисленный

    * * *

    1) многочисленный
    2) гармоничный

    Новый англо-русский словарь > numerous

  • 17
    numerous

    Англо-русский словарь по психоаналитике > numerous

  • 18
    numerous

    English-Russian dictionary of technical terms > numerous

  • 19
    numerous

    [‘njuːm(ə)rəs]

    прил.

    1) многочисленный, множественный

    2) гармоничный, созвучный, ритмичный, размеренный

    Англо-русский современный словарь > numerous

  • 20
    numerous

    English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > numerous

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  • Numerous — Nu mer*ous, a. [L. numerosus. See {Number}.] 1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army; numerous objections. [1913 Webster] Such and so numerous was their chivalry. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • numerous — (adj.) early 15c., from L. numerosus numerous, from numerus a number (see NUMBER (Cf. number) (n.)). Related: Numerosity …   Etymology dictionary

  • numerous — [no͞o′mər əs, nyo͞o′mər əs] adj. [L numerosus < numerus, NUMBER] 1. consisting of many persons or things [a numerous collection] 2. very many numerously adv. numerousness n …   English World dictionary

  • numerous — index copious, frequent, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multiple, myriad, populous, profuse …   Law dictionary

  • numerous — *many, several, sundry, various, divers, multifarious Analogous words: *large, great, big: abundant, *plentiful, plenteous …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • numerous — [adj] many, abundant big, copious, diverse, great, infinite, large, legion, lousy with*, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, plentiful, populous, profuse, rife, scads*, several, sundry, thick, umpteen*, various, voluminous, zillion*;… …   New thesaurus

  • numerous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) many. 2) consisting of many members. DERIVATIVES numerously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • numerous — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ especially, particularly, very ▪ increasingly …   Collocations dictionary

  • numerous — nu|mer|ous [ numərəs ] adjective ** existing in large numbers: MANY: He had numerous other duties apart from teaching. on numerous occasions: She has been seen here on numerous occasions. too numerous to mention: I ve made mistakes too numerous… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • numerous */*/ — UK [ˈnjuːmərəs] / US [ˈnumərəs] adjective existing in large numbers He had numerous other duties apart from teaching. on numerous occasions: The car was seen in the area on numerous occasions. too numerous to mention: I ve made mistakes too… …   English dictionary

  • numerous — numerously, adv. numerousness, numerosity /nooh meuh ros i tee, nyooh /, n. /nooh meuhr euhs, nyooh /, adj. 1. very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish. 2. consisting of or comprising a great number of units… …   Universalium

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnuməɹəs/, /ˈnumɹəs/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːməɹəs/, /ˈnjuːmɹəs/
  • Rhymes: -uːməɹəs
  • Hyphenation: nu‧mer‧ous,
num‧erous

Adjective[edit]

numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)

  1. Indefinitely large numerically, many.

    • 2012 March-April, Allen, Colin, “Do I See What You See?”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 April 2012, page 168:

      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.

    There are numerous definitions of the word ‘man’.

Synonyms[edit]

  • many, multiple; see also Thesaurus:manifold

Antonyms[edit]

  • unnumerous

Derived terms[edit]

  • overnumerous
  • supernumerous

Translations[edit]

Indefinitely large numerically

  • Arabic: عَدِيد‎ (ʕadīd), كَثِير‎ (ar) (kaṯīr)
  • Armenian: բազմաթիվ (hy) (bazmatʿiv)
  • Azerbaijani: çoxsaylı
  • Belarusian: шматлі́кі (šmatlíki)
  • Bulgarian: многобро́ен (bg) (mnogobróen), многочи́слен (bg) (mnogočíslen)
  • Catalan: nombrós (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 眾多／众多 (zh) (zhòngduō), 多 (zh) (duō)
  • Czech: četný (cs), početný (cs)
  • Danish: talrig
  • Dutch: talrijk (nl), ontelbaar (nl), numereus
  • Egyptian: (ꜥšꜣ)
  • Esperanto: multnombra
  • Estonian: arvukas
  • Finnish: lukuisa (fi)
  • French: nombreux (fr)
  • Galician: numeroso (gl)
  • Georgian: ურიცხვი (uricxvi), უამრავი (uamravi), დიდძალი (didʒali)
  • German: zahlreich (de), vielzählig
  • Hebrew: רַב‎ (he) (rav)
  • Hungarian: számos (hu), nagyszámú (hu)
  • Icelandic: fjölmargur
  • Interlingua: numerose
  • Irish: líonmhar
  • Italian: numeroso (it)
  • Japanese: 多数の (ja) (たすうの, tasū no), 多い (ja) (おおい, ōi)
  • Korean: 수많다 (ko) (sumanta), 다수의 (ko) (dasuui)
  • Latin: numerōsus, frequens, creber
  • Latvian: daudzskaitlīgs
  • Lithuanian: gausus
  • Low German:
    German Low German: tahlriek, tallriek
  • Macedonian: многуброен (mnogubroen), броен (broen)
  • Malayalam: അനേകം (ml) (anēkaṃ), നിരവധി (ml) (niravadhi), കുറേ (ml) (kuṟē)
  • Maori: makiu, tini makiu, maruru, maha, ngeangea, huhua, tini whāioio, mahamaha, tīpatere, makehua, tini makehua
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: tallrik (no)
    Nynorsk: talrik
  • Old English: getælfull
  • Ottoman Turkish: چوك‎ (çok), كثرت اوزره‎ (kesret üzere)
  • Polish: liczny (pl)
  • Portuguese: numeroso (pt)
  • Romanian: numeros (ro)
  • Russian: многочи́сленный (ru) (mnogočíslennyj)
  • Sanskrit: बहु (sa) (bahu)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: бро̑јан, мно̏гобро̄јан
    Roman: brȏjan (sh), mnȍgobrōjan (sh)
  • Slovak: početný
  • Slovene: številen, številčen
  • Spanish: numeroso (es)
  • Swedish: talrik (sv)
  • Ukrainian: багаточи́сельний (bahatočýselʹnyj), числе́нний (uk) (čyslénnyj)
  • Vietnamese: đông (vi), nhiều (vi)
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