A number is a word or symbol like 1, 2, or 3. We use numbers for counting or telling the amount of things.
She has three books with a number on each.
Write your phone number here, please.
Here, number means a group or collection of things or people seen as one. It often means many.
A large number of students came to class.
There was a number of cars on the road.
Number can mean one edition of a magazine or newspaper. People say 'number' instead of 'issue.'
Did you read the latest number of the magazine?
I bought the number from July 2023.
This meaning shows the number used to show where a player or person is in a team or event, like a jersey number.
He wears the number ten on his shirt.
My number in the race is five.
As a verb, number means to count or give numbers to things. You can number pages or count people.
Please number the pages in order.
They numbered all the books in the shelf.
Number can mean to be part of a group or total. We say someone 'numbers among' a group to show they belong there.
She numbers among the best students here.
He numbers himself as a lucky man.
In music or theatre, a number means one song, dance, or act in a show. People use it to talk about performances.
The singer did a beautiful number on stage.
Their dance number was very exciting.
