numerous meaning

[ˈnuməɹəs]

[ˈnjuːməɹəs]

Definition of numerous in English Dictionary

AdjectiveCOMmore numerousSUPmost numerousSUF-merous
1. Indefinitely large numerically, many.
  1. 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.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - The identification of the slipping moment was difficult for some trial data owing to numerous excessively small slips, possibly caused by microslips, and small object tilting.
  - People "mana shuffle" because of the numerous games they have played and they have found that land becomes clumped together (i.e. a "mana pocket").
  - There are numerous evidences that efficacy, adverse effects and toxicity of drugs may be enantiospecific.
2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
  - Numerous technologies and tools, such as stent, cryocanalization, electrocautery, and microdebrider, are developed for bronchoscopic interventions [1 ].
  - Numerous structural components of dams and hydropower facilities are vulnerable to heavy macrofouling by quagga mussels including intake tower trash racks and cooling towers.
  - Numerous gene mutations have been association with oligodontia.