Indicating that there are multiple items or more than one; denotes plurality or multiple instances.
複数の候補者に面接を受けてもらうことにした。
We decided to interview several candidates.
問題には複数の解き方がある。
There are multiple ways to solve the problem.
同じ名前の人が複数いるのでIDで区別した。
Because there were several people with the same name, we distinguished them by ID.
The grammatical category 'plural'—a number category indicating more than one, as opposed to singular.
英語では名詞に複数形を作る規則がある。
In English, there are rules for forming the plural of nouns.
この文は主語が複数なので動詞も複数形にする。
Because the subject of this sentence is plural, the verb should also be plural.