a number of

Phrase

 * 1) Several.
 * A number of people have commented on it.
 * There are a number of problems with the log-in system.
 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: bir sıra, bir neçə
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: um número de, uma quantidade de, um tanto de
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian:, де́кілька


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: um tanto de
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: