digit

Definition

  • noun: a written symbol for any of the numbers 0 to 9
  • noun: any of the Arabic numerals 1 to 9 and usually the symbol 0
  • synonyms: finger, thumb, toe

Examples

  • They won the game by 'single digits'. [=by 9 points or fewer than 9 points]

  • The state's unemployment rate remains in the 'double digits'.

  • The state's unemployment rate is in the 'single digits'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) These aren't even on the shelf yet. Here. Check it out. -Look at that. Look at that. -Look at that. It's snowing. Ten years old, huh? A decade. Double digits. The big -. You don't like it? -No, no, it's great. -You hate it. I should've gotten you the Alex alarm clock. (..)
    2005 Madagascar