a number of

English

Phrase

a number of

Several.
A number of people have commented on it.

There are a number of problems with the log-in system.
Several of.
I spoke with a number of them about it.

Usage notes

This is a leading example of the structure of a partitive construction. Other words that behave the same way as number does are dozen, quantity, score, hundred, army, lakh, mob, lot, plethora, myriad, herd.

Related terms

any number of

Translations

several

Azerbaijani: bir sıra, bir neçə
Belarusian: не́калькі (be) (njékalʹki)
Bulgarian: ня́колко (bg) (njákolko)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 幾個／几个 (zh) (jǐgè), 一些 (zh) (yīxiē), 若干 (zh) (ruògān)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: moni (fi)
Portuguese: um número de, uma quantidade de, um tanto de
Russian: ряд (ru) m (rjad), не́сколько (ru) (néskolʹko)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: кі́лька (uk) (kílʹka), де́кілька (dékilʹka)

several of

Chinese:
Mandarin: 幾個／几个 (zh) (jǐgè), 一些 (zh) (yīxiē), 若干 (zh) (ruògān)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: moni (fi)
Portuguese: um tanto de
Russian: ряд (ru) m (rjad), не́сколько (ru) (néskolʹko)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: кі́лька (uk) (kílʹka)

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