numerous

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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numerous (ˈnjuːmərəs)

—*adj*
1.	being many
2.	consisting of many units or parts: a numerous collection

'numerously

—*adv*

'numerousness

—n

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numerous

c.1586, from L. numerosus "numerous," from numerus "number" (see number).

Example sentences

The reasons for learning languages are numerous-if not always obvious.

During the past decade, numerous discoveries have been made that have confirmed

the hypothesis that birds evolved from dinosaurs.

Despite numerous improvements in the design of chips, microprocessors are still

bound by their internal clocks.

The plausible alternative explanations for the differences in results are

numerous.

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Matching Quote

"For you are a people holy to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the LORD set his heart on you and chose you -for you were the fewest of all peoples."

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