Quantities definition and meaning - English - Collins Dictionary

quantity in British English · 1. a. a specified or definite amount, weight, number, etc · 2. the aspect or property of anything that can be measured, weighed, ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'quantities'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× quantitiesinBritishEnglish pluralnounSeequantity CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers   quantityinBritishEnglish (ˈkwɒntɪtɪ ) nounWordforms:plural-ties1. a. aspecifiedordefiniteamount,weight,number,etc b. (asmodifier) aquantityestimate 2. theaspectorpropertyofanythingthatcanbemeasured,weighed,counted,etc 3. alargeorconsiderableamount 4. mathematics anentityhavingamagnitudethatmaybedenotedbyanumericalexpression 5. physics aspecifiedmagnitudeoramount;theproductofanumberandaunit 6. logic thecharacteristicofapropositiondependentonwhetheritisauniversalorparticularstatement,consideringalloronlypartofaclass 7. prosody therelativedurationofasyllableorthevowelinit ▶ USAGETheuseofapluralnounafterquantityofasinalargequantityofbananaswasformerlyconsideredincorrect,butisnowacceptableCollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC14:fromOldFrenchquantité,fromLatinquantitāsextent,amount,fromquantushowmuch Examplesof'quantities'inasentence quantities Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Thatonedoesratherdepend,though,onhavingaccesstoindustrialquantitiesofsalt.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Alotofunknownquantitiesinthere.TheSun(2015)Unknowntohim,shewastakingincreasinglylargequantitiesofsleepingtablets.Times,SundayTimes(2015)Butthequantitiesvaryhugelybetweencountries-evenamongthesamebrands.TheSun(2011)Thosearealreadybedeckedwithamplequantitiesofredink.Times,SundayTimes(2008)Hugequantitiesofbranchesandplasticbottlesarecloggingtheriver.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Tomakeitforfourpeople,justdoublethequantities.Times,SundayTimes(2011)Theblockwascordonedoffandlargequantitiesofmaterialwereseizedforexamination.Times,SundayTimes(2009) Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'regift' NEWfromCollins! 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