Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

all-figure number

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: al-l--fig-ure num-ber
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

all-figure numbers (plural)

Synonyms

AFN

Questions

What does all-figure number mean?: A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.

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