Definition & Meaning of "digit"in English

Digit

a finger or toe in humans, or the equivalent appendage in other vertebrates

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Simple

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

digits

Examples

He injured a digit while chopping vegetables.

one of the numbers from 0 to 9

Examples

My phone number starts with the digit 3, making it easy to remember.

the length or breadth of a finger, historically used as a unit of measurement

Examples

She marked the cloth using a digit as a guide.

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