numerousnu‧me‧rous /ˈnjuːmərəs $ ˈnuː-/ ●●○ W3 adjective 
Numerous attempts have been made to hide the truth. The two leaders have worked together on numerous occasions.too numerous to mention/list The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.► see thesaurus at manyRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say a lot of rather than numerous:· There were a lot of mistakes in his essay.
WORD ORIGINnumerous
Origin:
1400-1500 Latin numerosus, from numerus; ➔ NUMBER1EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Numerous books an movies have dealt with the issue of wife abuse.
- I've met Ron on numerous occasions.
- I want to thank all the people, too numerous to mention, who've helped me win this election.
- The advantages of the discount plan are numerous.
- The same problem has occurred before on numerous occasions.
- He was won numerous teaching awards.
- His diaries during the years after 1870 record numerous meetings with Sellers there.
- How do you privatise a business of numerous loss-makers?
- Jackson soon became involved with affirmative action, the November elections and numerous other controversies around the country.
- The numerous portraits of her attributed to St Luke show this to be the case.
- There are numerous cross-references in the book where apparently different problems reduce to the same theoretical form.
- There were numerous arrests and injuries, as well as unconfirmed stories of killings.
THESAURUS
a large number of people or things – used in everyday English in questions and negative sentences, and after ‘too’ and ‘so’. In formal or written English, you can also use it in other sentences: · There weren’t many people at the meeting.· Did you get many birthday presents?· Many people voted against the proposal.
many. A lot is less formal than many and is the usual phrase to use in everyday English: · A lot of tourists visit Venice in the summer.· The club has a lot more members now.
many – used when you cannot be exact but the number is two dozen or more, two hundred or more etc: · At least five people died and dozens more were injured in a gas explosion.· They’ve wasted thousands of pounds on the project.
written a lot of a particular type of person or thing: · China plans to build a large number of nuclear power plants.
formal many – used especially when saying that something has happened many times: · We’ve contacted him on numerous occasions.· Numerous studies have shown a link between smoking and lung cancer.
[only before noun] many – used when it is impossible to count or imagine how many. Innumerable is more formal than countless: · He spent countless hours in the gym.· They had been given innumerable warnings.
many – used especially when something seems surprising or impressive: · Age is the biggest risk factor in a host of diseases.· People leave jobs for a whole host of reasons.
many – used especially when talking about ideas, suggestions, changes in business or politics: · The report made a raft of recommendations.· The new government is planning a whole raft of changes.
especially spoken a fairly large number of people or things: · We’ve had quite a few problems with the software.· I’ve met quite a few of his friends.
informal many: · I’ve invited lots of people.· ‘How many cats has she got?’ ‘Lots!’
informal many – a very informal use: · I’ve got tons of books.· Have a strawberry – there are loads here.
Longman Language Activatora large number of things or people · I was surprised so few people were at the concert - I thought there'd be a lot there.a lot of · A lot of tourists visit Venice in the summer.· John has lived in a lot of different places.a lot more/fewer/less · I'm sure she has a lot more problems than I have.quite a lot · There were quite a lot of words that I couldn't understand.a whole lot/an awful lot · An awful lot of his customers are unhappy with his work.
informal a lot of people or things: · "Have you gotten any responses to your ad?" "Yeah - lots."lots of: · I've invited lots of people.· She asked lots of questions during the interview.lots and lots of: · They've planted lots and lots of flowers in the back yard.lots more/fewer/less: · We get lots more people in the bar on Fridays.
use this especially in questions and negative sentences. Many is also used in positive sentences in written English and in formal spoken English.: many questions/people/cars/thoughts etc: · Did you get many Christmas cards this year?· I don't know many people here, do you?not many: · Not many people survived the crash.so many: · There were so many people at the party, I never even saw Will.too many: · They've got too many rules for me to remember them all.many of (=many among a large number of people or things): · Many of the paintings burned, but the most valuable ones were saved.for many years: · She worked as a reporter with CBS news for many years.in many ways/places/cases etc: · There will be rain in many parts of the country tonight.many more/fewer/less: · We've had many fewer complaints since Doug took over the department.the many: · The report hardly mentions the many patients who have benefited from the treatment.a good many: · A good many scientists were opposed to the use of the bomb.many a person/place/thing: · I've spent many a happy morning fishing from this spot.
a lot of a particular type of person or thing - used especially in newspapers and official reports: · Police seized a large number of weapons.· Large numbers of demonstrators were arrested during today's protest march.
also loads especially British, /masses British informal a lot of people or things: · "How many strawberries did you pick?" "Masses!"tons of: · You can borrow one of my books if you want - I have tons of them.· The beach was really crowded - there were loads of people from all over Europe.loads and loads/tons and tons etc: · There were loads and loads of empty seats at the game - I was kind of surprised.
American informal a lot of people or things: · "Do you have any markers I could borrow?" "I've got a bunch - what colors do you need?"a bunch of: · Rita finally showed up with a bunch of her friends.· I went to a bunch of different stores but I couldn't find a coat I liked.a whole bunch: · A whole bunch of us are going to the beach - you want to come along?
a large number of people, things etc but not usually more than a hundred: · At least five people died and dozens more were injured in a gas explosion just outside Paris.dozens of: · Since we put the advertisement in the paper we've had dozens of phone calls.· Baldwin was the author of six novels, four plays and dozens of essays and poems.dozens and dozens: · The women see dozens and dozens of movies a year.
formal many: · The same problem has occurred before on numerous occasions.· Numerous books and movies have dealt with the issue of wife abuse.too numerous to list/mention/name etc (=so many that you cannot say all of them): · I want to thank all the people, too numerous to mention, who've helped me win this election.
a large number of things or people, especially when this is impressive or surprising: · AIDS can indirectly result in a host of other illnesses.· Since he was elected, the president has been faced with a host of difficult problems.a whole host of: · Their newest compact model has a whole host of exciting new features.
a fairly large number of people, things etc: · He's been working at the company for quite a few years.· There have been quite a few accidents on this stretch of road.· "How many people are coming to the party?" "Oh, quite a few."quite a few of: · She knows quite a few of the people who work at the hospital.
especially American a large number of ideas, opinions, suggestions etc: · The President has a raft of new proposals for dealing with inner city decay.a whole raft of: · By the end of the meeting we had a whole raft of new ideas for expansion.
: multi-coloured/multi-national/multi-storey/multi-racial/multi-purpose/multi-million dollar etc having or involving many colours, countries etc: · My new office is in a multi-storey building.· The company is a multi-national corporation, which has branches all over the world.· Russia has moved from a one-party dictatorship to a multi-party system of government.
: multiple injuries/wounds/burns/fractures in many parts of the body: · She suffered multiple injuries after jumping out of a fifth floor window.· Lauda was pulled from his blazing car with multiple burns.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The two leaders have worked together on numerous occasions. The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The two leaders have worked together on numerous occasions. The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.· She has been late on numerous occasions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The early hill forts have been studied by waves of archaeologists almost as numerous as their early invaders.· The steps leading up to the launch of a new product or product line are just as numerous.· As the inflation worsened and as numerous small private entrepreneurs found themselves discriminated against by government controls, they went on strike.· A recent estimate suggests that members with farming and related experience are twice as numerous as those experienced in the park purposes.
· During the Second World War, when Sherif became a psychologist, women were much more numerous among psychological testers than experimenters.· And if they are more numerous, then maybe the dead possess more spiritual power as well.· The literature of the classical approach is much more numerous.· What are the real hazards from these smaller, much more numerous impactors?· These were more numerous and more complicated than the two groups of conformist and non-conformist boys identified by Willis.· Far more numerous are those with nothing to do, with nowhere to go.· Norse raids have become ever more numerous.· However, highwaymen and armed guerrilla bands were becoming more numerous, especially along the roads from the seacoast to the capital.
· Of the three types of general body fur on the wild cat, the down hairs are the most numerous.· Craters with diameters of twenty to one hundred kilometers are most numerous.· The Bengal Tiger is the most numerous of the races that survive today.· The most numerous were the rhynchosaurs.· Winter visitors probably arrive in November, sometimes October, and are most numerous in November and December.· Until their dissolution in 1832, the Militia was the most numerous body in the archipelago.· Thus it seems clear that arctica is the most numerous species on spring passage.
· Well, but - so some readers may be saying or thinking - what about the content of these so numerous poems?· The differ-ent interests involved are so numerous and so contradictory that no one could reasonably predict how present conflicts will turn out.· Dragons so numerous that their wings darkened the sky descended on the Chaos Host.· Frequently the visitors were so numerous they could not fit into the house, so Seymour began preaching from the porch.· The subsystems they have to test are so numerous and varied that they may not even be able to locate them.· The reasons are so numerous as to become seductive.· Pheasants are so numerous in Norfolk that it's easy to take them for granted.· The priests in Jerusalem were so numerous that they had to take turns in performing Temple ceremonies.
· The examples are too numerous to quote, so I shall confine myself to two.· There are other examples, too numerous to list.· Applications within pure mathematics other than those found in the text are far too numerous and diverse to mention here.· The advantages are too numerous to mention.· The program comes with many more features too numerous to mention.· There were others, too numerous to mention, whose contributions where similarly phenomenal.· The individuals who have contributed are far too numerous to mention.· They are too numerous to record herewith, but I shall take just one or two to illustrate the point under discussion.
· Such feather stars are very numerous in some reef habitats today.· Losers are often very numerous and lose large amounts of their income.· The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest, and there were numerous complaints about their depredations.· The intensity of heating culminates at perihelion, when dust devils become very numerous.· The paradoxes which then result are very numerous.· As I have already said, the cases are very numerous.
NOUN· There are numerous examples of ways in which schools have worked to establish an understanding and identity with the curriculum by parents.· The circuitry was composed of electric eels, and there were colorful fish and liquid poisons and numerous examples of evil.· There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years.· The numerous examples vary in importance and location.· There are numerous examples too of the more general training that might be offered by humanities computing departments.· On a lower level of importance there are numerous examples of the prevalence and occasional success of political espionage.· There are numerous examples of tricks like this.· There are numerous examples of the manner in which distorted religious teaching has done harm.
· He has been beaten, nearly drowned and jailed on numerous occasions - but never actually stopped.· Jerry has been told on numerous occasions if he needs anything, all he has to do is ask.· I have used this service for selling, although more so on the buying side, having been tempted on numerous occasions!· Agents say they met on numerous occasions with Earp in his office in the boiler room.· Since then, he has been late on numerous occasions and we believe his alcohol consumption has increased.· Alan Harding, having worked with me on numerous occasions, knows my limitations and has allowed plenty of time.· The staff had heard it before on numerous occasions but nothing as severe or as noisy as on this particular night.· He was extremely good-looking, and extremely charming, generous to his scout, and to Mr Bullins on numerous occasions.
· One could cite numerous other passages where both terms are employed, but none is plainer than this one.· But numerous other oil companies and oil-field service firms remain there.· Possible fluctuations of cancer incidence due to sources of radiation are swamped statistically by the numerous other causes.· J., and numerous other gaming properties.· Soon Jedwabne and numerous other names steeped in blood disappeared from the map of permissible remembrance.· We see numerous other tiny warts and also much swirling activity.· It was the same in numerous other industries.· They make numerous other trips as well, visiting Walden Pond and going on a fossil dig, for example.
· During the dispute, numerous people wrote letters protesting against the Diocese of London's behaviour.· Since that time, numerous people have taken administration jobs despite similar lapses.· The Sisters also visit the elderly and provide a place of quiet for numerous people inside and outside the Parish.· She had been held in high esteem by numerous people who all wanted to pay their respect.· We had now spent three weeks at Aubagne and had seen detachments move off to Castelnaudary, and numerous people rejected.
· The significance of attitude to work has been highlighted by numerous studies.· The results of numerous studies from around the world clearly show that both genes and the environment influence drinking behavior.· Since then, numerous studies have analysed the relation between serum cholesterol and large bowel cancer.· Any suggestion that this level of care is diminishing is not borne out in the findings of numerous studies.
· I've also had the wiring checked numerous times and told it was fine.· The elaborate cycle was repeated numerous times as the inaugural address neared.· Coun Thomas said police had been called to the house numerous times.· Simin Karimi, however, has returned to her native Tehran numerous times since the revolution.· The windows of the Methodist Church adjoining the playing field have been broken numerous times.· Peoples has been arrested numerous times since 1978 on drug and theft charges.· The water is flushed through the sheds numerous times, becoming more concentrated with each pass.
WORD FAMILYnounnumbernumeralnumeracynumeratorinnumeracyadjectiveinnumerablenumericalnumerousnumerate ≠ innumerateverbnumberoutnumberadverbnumerically
many: Numerous attempts have been made to hide the truth. The two leaders have worked together on numerous occasions.too numerous to mention/list The individuals who have contributed to this book are far too numerous to mention.► see thesaurus at manyRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say a lot of rather than numerous:· There were a lot of mistakes in his essay.