What part of speech is numbers?

Numbers can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. numbers is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of number (infinitive).
  • 2. numbers is a noun, plural of number.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does numbers mean?

Definitions

Verb

number - enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
number - give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis"
number - place a limit on the number of
number - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
number - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
number - put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members"

Noun

Numbers - the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt
numbers - an illegal daily lottery

Examples of numbers

#   Sentence  
1. noun The numbers indicate that in his first four years, Bush not only showed up, he showed up a lot.
2. noun Not 200,000 guns - the numbers dont work:
3. noun Juan communicated some numbers to me and when reviewing this request would like to ask you to consider the following:
4. noun I talked with Markat SW Gas-just honro his numbers.
5. noun The cast members really have to have incredibly powerful voices to pull off a few of the most poignant numbers ( I think this could be your true calling).
6. noun If this is the case I would like someone to walk me through June to see if the numbers did really work themselves out as there was a large swing in second order on June 29 that was not adjusted for.
7. noun I don't want to wait till month end, let's adjust the numbers now and for the June 29 2nd order, lets take that value into June since it relates to July puts.
8. noun We'll need to update the numbers for the offer we made to S.D. last week.
9. noun Since Enron's employees are assigned an SAP identification numbers (P number) and an HR number, could Enron as a company use these IDs instead of the SS numbers?
10. noun These numbers are slightly different from the ones you put together a few weeks ago.
11. noun Here are the numbers to call:
12. noun Please reply in strict confidence to the contact numbers below.
13. noun "There have been large numbers of population extinctions in Mexico and southern California in areas where the habitat is still acceptable."
14. noun It is interesting to notice that he was shot seven times, being seven, as well as three, the holy numbers in Holy Cabalah tradition....
15. noun Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
16. verb We must number the names of the great mathematicians.
17. verb You should number the pages of the thesis.
Sentence  
noun
The numbers indicate that in his first four years, Bush not only showed up, he showed up a lot.
Not 200,000 guns - the numbers dont work:
Juan communicated some numbers to me and when reviewing this request would like to ask you to consider the following:
I talked with Markat SW Gas-just honro his numbers.
The cast members really have to have incredibly powerful voices to pull off a few of the most poignant numbers ( I think this could be your true calling).
If this is the case I would like someone to walk me through June to see if the numbers did really work themselves out as there was a large swing in second order on June 29 that was not adjusted for.
I don't want to wait till month end, let's adjust the numbers now and for the June 29 2nd order, lets take that value into June since it relates to July puts.
We'll need to update the numbers for the offer we made to S.D. last week.
Since Enron's employees are assigned an SAP identification numbers (P number) and an HR number, could Enron as a company use these IDs instead of the SS numbers?
These numbers are slightly different from the ones you put together a few weeks ago.
Here are the numbers to call:
Please reply in strict confidence to the contact numbers below.
"There have been large numbers of population extinctions in Mexico and southern California in areas where the habitat is still acceptable."
It is interesting to notice that he was shot seven times, being seven, as well as three, the holy numbers in Holy Cabalah tradition....
Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.
verb
We must number the names of the great mathematicians.
You should number the pages of the thesis.

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