0 (a sign or symbol representing) a unit that forms part of the system of counting and calculating:
The number of people killed in traffic accidents fell last month.
There has been an increasing number of cases of the disease.
A large number of invitations has been sent.
Letters of complaint were surprisingly few in number (= there were not many of them).
Large numbers of invitations were sent.
2 a particular copy of a magazine:
3 to give something a number in a series and usually to write this number on it:
4 If people or things number a particular amount, there are this many of them:
5 a unit or its symbol that forms part of a system of counting and calculating, and that represents an amount or position in a series:
7 the forms of words, esp. nouns, pronouns, and verbs, that show whether they are singular or plural
8 a song, dance, or other part in a performance:
9 to give a different number to each of two or more things, esp. in a particular order:
The software automatically numbers the footnotes.
10 to be (a total):
The crowd numbered over 100,000.
11 a set of numbers that marks a particular person or thing as separate from others of the same type:
12 an amount of people or things:
the number of sth The number of employees taking legal action over work-related disease is increasing.
a growing/increasing/declining number Regulators are seeing a growing number of stock frauds directed at small investors.
the maximum/minimum/total number The total number of people in employment has increased by more than 234,000 (16.1%).
13 several things, reasons, people, etc.:
There are a number of factors currently influencing stock-price fluctuations.
14 the information in a company's accounts that shows its financial results and position:
16 to examine the details of a particular financial situation, usually in order to make a decision about it:
17 to give something a number in a series:
18 if people or things number 100, 1 million, etc., there are that number of them:
Is he contactable at his home number?
Think of a number and divide it by two.
What is the number on the jar?
The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions.
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit has risen sharply this month.
It was an unpopular policy and caused a number of conflicts within the party.
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