number
part of speech
noun (number, numbers; short form No., no., #); verb (number, numbers, numbered, numbering)
meaning for a pupil
1) A number tells how many or how much, like 3 or 12. tree →
2) A number is a written sign for an amount: the number 7. tree →
3) A number is used to name or find something: a phone number, a house number. tree →
4) «A number of» means some or several: a number of children. tree →
5) To number is to give numbers to things in order. tree →
6) A number is also a song or a piece of music in a show. tree →
7) (casual) «Number one» means yourself (look after number one) or a wee; «number two» is a polite way to say a poo; «do a number on someone» means hurt or trick them; «your number's up» means your luck has run out. tree →
8) (casual) «Get someone's number» means get their phone number. tree →
9) (formal) The exam voice says «quantity», «integer», «numeral», «figure», «cardinality», «magnitude», «value», «sum». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, to "number" people means to count them, as in the census in the wilderness. Interpretation: Tradition notes that Israel was counted by heads, often through a half-shekel offering, and not directly. In Sefer Yetzirah, numbers (sefirot) are the building blocks of creation. In the primary lessons: an amount; «the number of groups» and «the size of one group» are the two numbers in multiplying; «subtract the smaller number from the bigger one»; in maths odd and even numbers, whole numbers, number line; in everyday life phone numbers, bus numbers, house numbers; in safety know your emergency number (911 in the USA and Canada, 999 or 112 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand); in casual talk «number one», «number two», «what's your number?»; in the exam voice «integer», «quantity», «cardinality», «numeral»
examples
- Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, or numbered the stock of Israel? (Torah NUM.23.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. (Torah NUM.1.47, JPS 1917) tree →
- As the LORD commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai. (Torah NUM.1.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Is there any number of His armies? (Writings JOB.25.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who can number the clouds by wisdom? (Writings JOB.38.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? (Writings JOB.39.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- We always subtract the smaller number from the bigger one. tree →
- Multiply the number of groups by the size of one group. tree →
- What number is 4 more than 9? tree →
- Write the numbers from 1 to 20. tree →
- 7 is an odd number; 8 is an even number. tree →
- Do you know your home phone number? tree →
- Number the pages of your book. tree →
- A number of children were late. tree →
- The choir sang three numbers at the concert. tree →
- whats ur number, i'll text u when we're there tree →
- Mum, I need a number two, where's the toilet? tree →
- State the integer which exceeds 9 by 4. tree →
- After them hopped in a number of squirrels. tree →
note
«the number of groups» and «the size of one group» are the two numbers in multiplying. «A number» is the amount; «a digit» is one sign (0 to 9) used to write it: 25 has two digits. «The number of children is» (singular), but «a number of children are» (plural). «A number of» means some, not an exact count. Short form «No.» or «#». «integer» in an exam is a whole number. A phone or bus number is a name, not an amount: never add phone numbers. Emergency numbers: 911 in the USA and Canada, 999 or 112 in the UK and Ireland, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand.
In the corpora
- None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD.
- As the LORD commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
- those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «number» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.