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a number of

a number of phrase: several.

Phrase

a number of

  1. Several.
    • A number of people have commented on it.
    • a goodly number of cheeses
  2. Several of.
    • I spoke with a number of them about it.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, number, of.

a number of meaning in Malayalam

a number of in Malayalam

various, several, quite a few
അനവധി, അനേകം, അസംഖ്യം, പല, നാനാവിധ, ശത

Questions about a number of

What does a number of mean?
A number of means several.
What is a number of in Malayalam?
A number of in Malayalam is അനവധി, അനേകം, അസംഖ്യം. See A number of meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is a number of?
A number of is a phrase.

Words near a number of in the dictionary

  1. a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
  2. a non domino
  3. a notch above
  4. A number
  5. A number 1
  6. a number of
  7. A numbers
  8. A Pastoriza
  9. a penny saved is a penny earned
  10. a penny saved is a penny gained
  11. A Peroxa

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: a number of (page history and authors); a number of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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