number.

Quantity of countable things.

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

There are, in addition to all the red socks, a number that don’t suit me either.

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.

An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.

The equation e#123;i#92;pi#125;#43;1#61;0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, #92;pi, i, and e.

Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.

Horse number 5 won the race.

A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.

Her passport number is C01X864TN.

You can take the number 8 (bus) all the way to the airport.

A telephone number.

Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?

I'm definitely interested. Here's my number. Call me back anytime.

Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.

Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case.

Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.

A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.

For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright".

A group of people.

I include myself in their number.

A person.

An outfit, particularly a stylish one.

A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought from a dealer.

An issue of a periodical publication.

the latest number of a magazine

A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.

An activity; assignment; job, as in cushy number.

To total or count; to amount to.

I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.

To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.

The old man knew that his days were numbered.

To count; to determine the quantity of.

The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered.

Who can number all the stars and who can count the desert sands?

To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).

Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.

To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.

Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game.

To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.

To classify or include (in a group of things).

Alexander the Great's army numbered an elite cavalry among its ranks.

To be classified or included (in a certain group or category of things).

Her horses number among the fastest in her country.

Something that numbs.

comparative form of numb: more numb