noun / verb
number
NUM-ber/ˈnʌmbər/
A value representing quantity or position.
The wooden number 4 shows how many stones are beside it.
Etymology
Latin numerus meant a number or quantity. English number first named a sum or aggregate, then also came to name the written figure representing that value.
In context
The number on the bottom tells how may equal parts a whole amount is divided into, and the top number tells you how many of those parts you have.
More examples
- The number of students in our class is twenty.
- Our apartment number is 204.
- Please number the pages from one to ten.
Forms
number · numbers · numbered · numbering
numerical adjective — Expressed as numbers or involving numbers.