1. number - Noun
2. number - Adjective
3. number - Verb
That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures.
A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many.
A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door.
Numerousness; multitude.
The state or quality of being numerable or countable.
Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things.
That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; -- chiefly used in the plural.
The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one.
The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value.
To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate.
To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.
To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building.
To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand.
Source: Webster's dictionaryStrive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant. Basil of Caesarea
I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write. Augustine of Hippo
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith
Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you. African Proverb
Keep company with good men, and you'll increase their number. Italian Proverb
The heap of yams you will reap depends upon the number of mounds you have plowed. Nigerian Proverb