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 Dictionary entry overview: What does numerous mean? 

• NUMEROUS (adjective)
  The adjective NUMEROUS has 1 sense:

1. amounting to a large indefinite number

  Familiarity information: NUMEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUMEROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Amounting to a large indefinite number

Synonyms:

legion; numerous

Context example:

Palomar's fans are legion

Similar:

many (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number)

Derivation:

numerosity; numerousness (a large number)

 Context examples 

But concern was raised several years ago when numerous studies found BPA increases the risk of various health issues, in particular obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

(Do Food Container Chemicals Make Us Fat?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When the mice received injections of LPS alone, they formed numerous large CCMs, similar to those produced by bacterial infection.

(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)

To scientists, this is a huge mystery, given that the dwarf planet must have been hit by numerous large asteroids during its 4.5 billion-year lifetime.

(The Case of the Missing Ceres Craters, NASA)

So, finding numerous dusty starbursts shining at the same time like this is very puzzling, and something that we still need to understand.

(Ancient Galaxy Megamergers, ESO)

Granules found in several types of cells, especially platelets, where they are the most numerous type of granule; contain secretory proteins.

(Alpha Granule, NCI Thesaurus)

There also are numerous smaller, shallower lakes, with rounded edges and steep walls that are generally found in flat areas.

(The Mysterious 'Lakes' on Saturn's Moon Titan, NASA)

In recent years, numerous studies have therefore endeavoured to study their composition and bioactivity in relation to different pathologies.

(Scientists identify bioactive compounds in cacao pods to develop drugs to combat skeletal disorders, University of Granada)

Synapses contain numerous proteins that help regulate message transmission.

(Structure of receptor involved in brain disorders, NIH)

The Swiss youth was never found again, and there can be no doubt that he was one of the numerous agents whom Moriarty kept in his employ.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Martin bethought himself of the numerous occasions on which he had met Judge Blount at the Morses' and when Judge Blount had not invited him to dinner.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)