Meaning & use
digits
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The numerals 0 through 9, or a person's fingers and toes.
See it in a sentence
The phone number has ten digits, including the area code.
The frostbite had numbed the digits on both of his hands.
A note on using this word
"Digit" comes from the Latin "digitus," meaning "finger," which is why both numbers and fingers or toes share the same word.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A person's fingers or toes.
She could barely feel her digits after the long walk in the snow.
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