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States > Quantity > Number > Numbered group

Preferred term

8.1.1.5Numbered group  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words related to a group of a particular number of things or people (solo, duo, trio; alone, in threes).

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Scope note

  • What words refer to a group of a particular number? single, duo, duet, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, twins, triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets, twosome, threesome, foursome, fortnight, decade, century, millennium, dozen, score, gross. What words indicate that only one person does something? alone (adv), solo. What words refer to a group of two? pair, couple, couplet, brace, dichotomy, deuce, dual, dyad, twain, yoke. What words refer to a group of three? trilogy, trinity, triple, triumvirate, triune. What words indicate that something is done in groups of a certain number? singly, one by one, two by two, three by three, by ones, by twos, by threes, in pairs, in threes, one at a time, two at a time, three at a time. What words indicate that everyone is to get a certain number of something? one apiece, two apiece, three apiece, one each, two each, three each.

Notation

  • 8.1.1.5

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/1550800244

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