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Numbers & Counting

Count, say quantities and read prices, dates and phone numbers.

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Definitions in: English
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  • 1
    onenumberneutral

    The number 1; the first cardinal number.

    I only need one apple.

  • 2
    twonumberneutral

    The number 2.

    I have two brothers.

  • 3
    threenumberneutral

    The number 3.

    We waited for three hours.

  • 4
    fournumberneutral

    The number 4.

    The table has four chairs.

  • 5
    fivenumberneutral

    The number 5.

    Give me five minutes.

  • 6
    sixnumberneutral

    The number 6.

    There are six eggs in the box.

  • 7
    sevennumberneutral

    The number 7.

    There are seven days in a week.

  • 8
    eightnumberneutral

    The number 8.

    I bought eight bottles of water.

  • 9
    ninenumberneutral

    The number 9.

    There are nine students in the class.

  • 10
    tennumberneutral

    The number 10.

    I have ten dollars.

  • 11
    elevennumberneutral

    The number 11.

    There are eleven players on the team.

  • 12
    twelvenumberneutral

    The number 12.

    There are twelve months in a year.

  • 13
    thirteennumberneutral

    The number 13; the first of the '-teen' numbers.

    She is thirteen years old now.

  • 14
    fifteennumberneutral

    The number 15.

    The bus comes in fifteen minutes.

  • 15
    twentynumberneutral

    The number 20.

    There are twenty people at the party.

  • 16
    thirtynumberneutral

    The number 30.

    My father is thirty-five years old.

  • 17
    fortynumberneutral

    The number 40. Note the spelling without 'u'.

    There are about forty students here.

  • 18
    fiftynumberneutral

    The number 50.

    The book has fifty pages.

  • 19
    hundrednumberneutral

    The number 100; usually used with 'a' or 'one'.

    There are a hundred people in the room.

  • 20
    thousandnumberneutral

    The number 1,000; usually used with 'a' or 'one'.

    The city has a thousand people.

  • 21
    millionnumberneutral

    The number 1,000,000; also used loosely to mean 'very many'.

    A million people live in this city.

  • 22
    firstordinal numberneutral

    Ordinal for 1; coming before all others.

    This is my first day at work.

  • 23
    secondordinal numberneutral

    Ordinal for 2; coming after the first.

    My room is on the second floor.

  • 24
    thirdordinal numberneutral

    Ordinal for 3.

    This is my third cup of tea.

  • 25
    fourthordinal numberneutral

    Ordinal for 4.

    We live on the fourth floor.

  • 26
    fifthordinal numberneutral

    Ordinal for 5.

    Today is the fifth of June.

  • 27
    numbernounneutral

    a figure or quantity

    A word or symbol for a quantity; also a phone or street number.

    What is your phone number?

  • 28
    countverbneutral

    To say numbers in order, or to find how many things there are.

    Can you count to twenty in English?

  • 29
    halfnounneutral

    One of two equal parts of something.

    I ate half of the pizza.

  • 30
    quarternounneutral

    One of four equal parts of something.

    She cut the orange into quarters.

  • 31
    dozennounneutral

    A group of twelve, often used for eggs or buns.

    I bought a dozen eggs.

  • 32
    pairnounneutral

    Two things that go together, like shoes or socks.

    I need a new pair of shoes.

  • 33
    couplenouninformalneutral

    two, or a few

    Two, or a small number; 'a couple of' means about two.

    I'll be back in a couple of minutes.

  • 34
    bothdeterminerneutral

    The two together; each of two things or people.

    Both of my sisters are tall.

  • 35
    manydeterminerneutral

    A large number of countable things; used in questions and negatives.

    There are many people here today.

  • 36
    muchdeterminerneutral

    A large amount of something you cannot count; used in questions and negatives.

    How much water do you drink?

  • 37
    somedeterminerneutral

    An unspecified amount or number; more than a little but not a lot.

    I bought some apples.

  • 38
    a lotexpressioninformalneutral

    A large amount or number; very common in everyday speech.

    There are a lot of cars on the road.

  • 39
    enoughdeterminerneutral

    As much or as many as needed.

    We have enough chairs for everyone.

  • 40
    moredeterminerneutral

    A larger amount or number than before.

    Can I have more rice, please?

  • 41
    alldeterminerneutral

    The whole number or amount; every one.

    I ate all the cookies.

  • 42
    nonepronounneutral

    Not any; zero of something.

    I wanted some cake, but there was none left.

  • 43
    plusprepositionneutral

    Used in simple addition; the '+' sign.

    Two plus two is four.

  • 44
    minusprepositionneutral

    Used in simple subtraction; the '−' sign.

    Ten minus four is six.

  • 45
    timesprepositionneutral

    Used in simple multiplication; the '×' sign.

    Two times three is six.

  • 46
    equalsverbneutral

    Is the same as; used in arithmetic; the '=' sign.

    One plus one equals two.

  • 47
    How many?expressionneutral

    Used to ask about the number of countable things.

    How many people are coming?

  • 48
    years oldexpressionneutral

    Used after a number to give someone's or something's age.

    My daughter is six years old.

  • 49
    oldadjectiveneutral

    Used to talk about age; the opposite of young.

    How old is your brother?

  • 50
    aboutadverbneutral

    Used before a number to mean 'approximately'.

    There were about fifty people there.

  • 51
    onlyadverbneutral

    Used before a number to mean 'no more than'; emphasizes a small amount.

    I have only two dollars.

  • 52
    eachdeterminerneutral

    Every one of two or more things or people, seen one by one.

    Each child gets one apple.

  • 53
    everydeterminerneutral

    All the members of a group, with none left out.

    Every student has a book.

  • 54
    more thanexpressionneutral

    Used to say a quantity is greater than a number.

    There were more than a hundred people.

  • 55
    less thanexpressionneutral

    Used to say an amount is smaller than a number.

    It costs less than five dollars.

  • 56
    zeronumberneutral

    The number 0; used in counting, scores, and temperatures.

    The score is two to zero.

  • 57
    lastadjectiveneutral

    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.

  • 58
    fewdeterminerneutral

    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.

  • 59
    littledeterminerneutral

    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.

  • 60
    How 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.

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