cardinal number

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A number denoting quantity (one, two, three, etc.), as opposed to an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.).

cardinalcardinal + NOUN

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number

Examples (10)

  • A cardinal number like 'three' tells you how many items there are.
  • In the phrase 'the third book', 'third' is an ordinal number, not a cardinal number.
  • Children first learn to count using cardinal numbers.
  • The grammar book explains the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number.
  • Can you give me an example of a cardinal number greater than one thousand?
  • In this programming language, the array index starts at the cardinal number zero.
  • He mistakenly used 'first' when the question asked for a cardinal number.
  • The set consists of all the cardinal numbers from one to ten.
  • Understanding the concept of a cardinal number is fundamental to early mathematics education.
  • We were taught that any number used for counting is considered a cardinal number.