Number

Definition of number:

part of speech: noun

That by which things are counted or computed: a collection of things: more than one: a unit in counting: a numerical figure: the measure of multiplicity: sounds distributed into harmonies: metre, verse, esp. in pl.: ( gram.) the difference in words to express singular or plural:- pl. the 4th book of the Old Test. from its having the numbers of the Israelites.

part of speech: verb

To count; reckon.

part of speech: noun

NUMBERER.

part of speech: noun

A collection of things or persons; a unit; verse; in gram., difference expressing the singular or plural.

part of speech: verb

To count; mark with a number; amount to.

part of speech: noun

A unit; one, or more than one; a total of units; multitude; one of a series; in grammar, quality of a word by which it refers to one ( singular number), or to more than one ( plural number); poetry, meter, or verse: usually in plural; as, he wrote in numbers.

part of speech: verb

To count: to reckon as one of a multitude: to mark with a number: to amount to.

Usage examples for number:

• They must have gone, he thought, through some very great number of rooms, for they walked so long on and on, on and on. "The Nürnberg Stove", Louisa de la Ramé (AKA Ouida).

• The number who met was eleven. "The Life of Sir Richard Burton", Thomas Wright.

• A number of men and women joined in. "Sixty Years of California Song", Margaret Blake-Alverson.

• Here a number of poor children all came around her at once. "The Beacon Second Reader", James H. Fassett.