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What does the word number mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To count; reckon; designate by number; amount to.

Part of speech: noun

A numeral.

Part of speech: noun

A unit or collection of units.

Part of speech: noun

The science of numerals.

Part of speech: noun

Poetic measure; commonly in the plural.

Part of speech: noun

The form indicating the singular or plural.

Usage examples for number

There are a great number of people here. – The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Frederic G. Kenyon
Would you like to even the number? – Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
Number Three, Room Six, you say. – Desert Dust by Edwin L. Sabin