how many
Asking for count
How many asks about quantity or number: How many people are coming?
How many times do I have to tell you?
The phrase can express exasperation when the answer should be obvious or when patience has worn thin.
It also introduces rhetorical questions where the implied answer is "too many" or "countless": How many lives have been lost to this war?
Sequential listing of items
- tallyRecorded count
- headcountTotal of individuals present
- censusOfficial population count
- pollGathering of opinions
survey · count · total · number · sum · calculation · tabulation · inventory
enumeration
Sequential listing of items
poll · survey · count · total · number · sum · calculation · tabulation · inventory · register
countless
Too numerous to count
- innumerableToo many to count
- numerousExisting in great quantity
- myriadExtremely large number
multitude · plethora · scores · dozens · hundreds · thousands · legion · umpteen · untold · galore
units
Standard measures of quantity
liters · calories · miles · hours · minutes · servings · doses · portions · increments · intervals