How to Spell number
number
number - noun
- A distinction of word form to denote reference to one or more than one
- Musical sounds : notes
- A word, symbol, letter, or combination of symbols representing a number
- A numeral or combination of numerals or other symbols used to identify or designate
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"A subject and its verb should agree in number."
Etymology
Middle English nombre, numbre, noumer, borrowed from Anglo-French nombre, numbre (also continental Old French nombre), going back to Latin numerus "numerical sum or symbol, quantity, aggregate"
Word family
numbers, numbered, numbering
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