crunch the numbers

NOUN

[/krʌntʃ ðə ˈnʌmbərz/]

to process or analyze numerical data systematically

💡 Concept

The accountant stayed late to crunch the numbers before the morning meeting.

🎵 Rhyme

Crunch the numbers through lunch with a bunch of data!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/krʌntʃ ðə ˈnʌmbərz/

🇬🇧 UK/krʌntʃ ðə ˈnʌmbəz/

🌳Etymology

🎵Rhyme

lunchbunchpunch

lunch

bunch

punch

🔗Collocations

crunch the numbers carefully

crunch budget numbers

crunch sales figures

quickly crunch numbers

crunch financial data

crunch numbers overnight

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

“My boss asked me to crunch the numbers, but I think my calculator is having an existential crisis”

“After crunching the numbers all night, we realized we could afford the company retreat to Hawaii”

“The finance team will crunch the numbers and present the quarterly report next week”

😄 Fun example

“I love crunching numbers so much, my spreadsheet software sent me a Valentine's card”

📚Related Words

Synonyms

analyze dataprocess figurescalculate statisticsrun the numberscompute data

Antonyms

estimate roughlyguess blindly

data analysisstatistical processingnumber crunchingfinancial modelingspreadsheet

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crunch the numbers — to process or analyze numerical data systematically

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