Numbers & Counting
Count, say quantities and read prices, dates and phone numbers.
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Definitions in: English- 1onenumberneutral
The number 1; the first cardinal number.
I only need one apple.
- 2twonumberneutral
The number 2.
I have two brothers.
- 3threenumberneutral
The number 3.
We waited for three hours.
- 4fournumberneutral
The number 4.
The table has four chairs.
- 5fivenumberneutral
The number 5.
Give me five minutes.
- 6sixnumberneutral
The number 6.
There are six eggs in the box.
- 7sevennumberneutral
The number 7.
There are seven days in a week.
- 8eightnumberneutral
The number 8.
I bought eight bottles of water.
- 9ninenumberneutral
The number 9.
There are nine students in the class.
- 10tennumberneutral
The number 10.
I have ten dollars.
- 11elevennumberneutral
The number 11.
There are eleven players on the team.
- 12twelvenumberneutral
The number 12.
There are twelve months in a year.
- 13thirteennumberneutral
The number 13; the first of the '-teen' numbers.
She is thirteen years old now.
- 14fifteennumberneutral
The number 15.
The bus comes in fifteen minutes.
- 15twentynumberneutral
The number 20.
There are twenty people at the party.
- 16thirtynumberneutral
The number 30.
My father is thirty-five years old.
- 17fortynumberneutral
The number 40. Note the spelling without 'u'.
There are about forty students here.
- 18fiftynumberneutral
The number 50.
The book has fifty pages.
- 19hundrednumberneutral
The number 100; usually used with 'a' or 'one'.
There are a hundred people in the room.
- 20thousandnumberneutral
The number 1,000; usually used with 'a' or 'one'.
The city has a thousand people.
- 21millionnumberneutral
The number 1,000,000; also used loosely to mean 'very many'.
A million people live in this city.
- 22firstordinal numberneutral
Ordinal for 1; coming before all others.
This is my first day at work.
- 23secondordinal numberneutral
Ordinal for 2; coming after the first.
My room is on the second floor.
- 24thirdordinal numberneutral
Ordinal for 3.
This is my third cup of tea.
- 25fourthordinal numberneutral
Ordinal for 4.
We live on the fourth floor.
- 26fifthordinal numberneutral
Ordinal for 5.
Today is the fifth of June.
- 27numbernounneutral
a figure or quantity
A word or symbol for a quantity; also a phone or street number.
What is your phone number?
- 28countverbneutral
To say numbers in order, or to find how many things there are.
Can you count to twenty in English?
- 29halfnounneutral
One of two equal parts of something.
I ate half of the pizza.
- 30quarternounneutral
One of four equal parts of something.
She cut the orange into quarters.
- 31dozennounneutral
A group of twelve, often used for eggs or buns.
I bought a dozen eggs.
- 32pairnounneutral
Two things that go together, like shoes or socks.
I need a new pair of shoes.
- 33couplenouninformalneutral
two, or a few
Two, or a small number; 'a couple of' means about two.
I'll be back in a couple of minutes.
- 34bothdeterminerneutral
The two together; each of two things or people.
Both of my sisters are tall.
- 35manydeterminerneutral
A large number of countable things; used in questions and negatives.
There are many people here today.
- 36muchdeterminerneutral
A large amount of something you cannot count; used in questions and negatives.
How much water do you drink?
- 37somedeterminerneutral
An unspecified amount or number; more than a little but not a lot.
I bought some apples.
- 38a lotexpressioninformalneutral
A large amount or number; very common in everyday speech.
There are a lot of cars on the road.
- 39enoughdeterminerneutral
As much or as many as needed.
We have enough chairs for everyone.
- 40moredeterminerneutral
A larger amount or number than before.
Can I have more rice, please?
- 41alldeterminerneutral
The whole number or amount; every one.
I ate all the cookies.
- 42nonepronounneutral
Not any; zero of something.
I wanted some cake, but there was none left.
- 43plusprepositionneutral
Used in simple addition; the '+' sign.
Two plus two is four.
- 44minusprepositionneutral
Used in simple subtraction; the '−' sign.
Ten minus four is six.
- 45timesprepositionneutral
Used in simple multiplication; the '×' sign.
Two times three is six.
- 46equalsverbneutral
Is the same as; used in arithmetic; the '=' sign.
One plus one equals two.
- 47How many?expressionneutral
Used to ask about the number of countable things.
How many people are coming?
- 48years oldexpressionneutral
Used after a number to give someone's or something's age.
My daughter is six years old.
- 49oldadjectiveneutral
Used to talk about age; the opposite of young.
How old is your brother?
- 50aboutadverbneutral
Used before a number to mean 'approximately'.
There were about fifty people there.
- 51onlyadverbneutral
Used before a number to mean 'no more than'; emphasizes a small amount.
I have only two dollars.
- 52eachdeterminerneutral
Every one of two or more things or people, seen one by one.
Each child gets one apple.
- 53everydeterminerneutral
All the members of a group, with none left out.
Every student has a book.
- 54more thanexpressionneutral
Used to say a quantity is greater than a number.
There were more than a hundred people.
- 55less thanexpressionneutral
Used to say an amount is smaller than a number.
It costs less than five dollars.
- 56zeronumberneutral
The number 0; used in counting, scores, and temperatures.
The score is two to zero.
- 57lastadjectiveneutral
final in a series; or most recent
Coming after all the others; the final one in a series. Also: most recent, the one before now (last week, last night).
She was the last person to leave.
- 58fewdeterminerneutral
A small number of countable things. With the article ('a few') it means 'some, a small but positive number'; without the article ('few') it means 'hardly any', with a negative nuance.
I have a few questions.
- 59littledeterminerneutral
A small amount of something you cannot count. With the article ('a little') it means 'some'; without the article ('little') it means 'hardly any', with a negative nuance.
I have a little money.
- 60How old are you?expressionneutral
Standard question for asking someone's age.
How old are you? I'm twenty-five.
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Numbers come up the moment you shop, share your age or read out a phone number, and this beginner pack helps you say them with ease. Learn to count, use ordinal numbers like first and second, read simple sums aloud, and describe amounts with words like many, few and enough. Short, practical and built for your very first steps.