Definition of digitnext
as in number
a character used to represent a mathematical value you only need to fill in the last two digits of the year in which you were born

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Recent Examples of digit If the final digit is 3, 4, 8 or 9 cents, the total should be rounded up. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026 That’s benefiting nearby areas including North Miami, Hialeah, Miramar and Pembroke Pines, which are all seeing double-digit increases in bookings compared to a year ago. Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 Fly rods with four-digit price tags mounted like art. Francesca Krempa, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026 His fastball now tops out close to triple digits, and his changeup and slider are swing-and-miss weapons that baffled low-minors competition. Aaron Gleeman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit
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Noun
  • Iranian state television says more than 3,000 people were killed during recent nationwide protests, but sources tell CBS News that number may actually be as high as 20,000 people.
    Olivia Young, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Include your name, phone number and email address and specify February Writing Workshop.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Six-seven is just a lasso looped by fate around two adjacent integers on the number line.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • But the methods were no longer effective when mathematicians only wanted to find, say, the number of real solutions to the equations in an enumerative geometry problem, or the number of integer solutions.
    Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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