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a number of

phrase

Definitions

  1. Several.

    • A number of people have commented on it.
    • a goodly number of cheeses
    • There are a large number of problems with the log-in system.

  2. Several of.

    • I spoke with a number of them about it.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, number, of.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for a number of. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA