number

noun
num·ber
nŭmʹbər

Quantity of countable things.

Example

“Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.”

Other meanings

An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
“Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.”
A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
“The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke.”

Synonyms

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Example sentences

“I don't have a home phone number.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“The number will be returned as a string.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“The result of dividing any number by zero is undefined.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "numerus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “number” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.