adjective · academic
numerous
UK/ˈnjuːmərəs/US/ˈnuːmərəs/NU·me·rous
Band 5-6task2speaking
existing in large numbers; many (used before plural countable nouns)
Examples
“Numerous studies show that air pollution harms public health.”
“There are numerous reasons why young people move to cities.”
“The museum attracts numerous visitors every year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Numerous peer-reviewed studies have demonstrated a clear link between urbanisation and local biodiversity loss.”
Collocations
- numerous studies
- numerous occasions
- numerous examples
Word family
numerous adjectivenumerously adverbnumerosity noun
Common mistakes
There are numerous informations about climate change.→There is much information about climate change.
Say it for a higher band
5many→6a lot of→7+numerous
Synonyms
many
countless
Easily confused
various
“There are various reasons why people move to cities.”
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