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quantity
(kwɒntɪti
)
Wordforms:pluralquantities
1. variablenoun
Aquantityisanamountthatyoucanmeasureorcount.
...asmallquantityofwater.[+of]
...vastquantitiesoffood.[+of]
Ittakesalongtimetomakealargequantity.
Cheapgoodsareavailable,butnotinsufficientquantitiestosatisfydemand.
Uraniumisavailableinconsiderablequantityfromvariousareasoftheworld.
2. uncountablenoun
Thingsthatareproducedoravailableinquantityareproducedoravailableinlargeamounts.
Aftersomeinitialproblems,acetonewassuccessfullyproducedinquantity.
Butevenwiththosedatabases,thesheerquantityofdatacanstillcauseproblems.
Synonyms:size,measure,mass,volume MoreSynonymsofquantity
3. uncountablenoun
Youcanusequantitytorefertotheamountofsomethingthatthereis,especiallywhenyouwanttocontrastitwithitsquality.
...thelessdiscerningdrinkerwhoprefersquantitytoquality.
Intermsofquantity,productiongrewfasterthaneverbefore.
4. Seeunknownquantity
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quantityinBritishEnglish
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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
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quantityinAmericanEnglish
(ˈkwɑntəti
)
nounWordforms:pluralˈquantities1.
anamount;portion
2.
anyindeterminatebulk,weight,ornumber
3.
theexactamountofaparticularthing
4. [alsopl.]
agreatamountornumber
tobuyacommodityinquantity
5.
thatpropertyofanythingwhichcanbedeterminedbymeasurement
6. Logic
thatcharacteristicofapropositionaccordingtowhichitisclassifiedasuniversalorparticular
7. AncientMathematicsa.
athingthathasthepropertyofbeingmeasurableindimensions,amounts,etc.orinextensionsofthesewhichcanbeexpressedinnumbersorsymbols
b.
anumberorsymbolexpressingamathematicalquantity
8. PhoneticsandProsody
therelativelength,orduration,ofavowel,continuantconsonant,orsyllable
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quantityinAmericanEnglish
(ˈkwɑntɪti)
nounWordforms:plural-ties1. aparticularorindefiniteamountofanything
asmallquantityofmilk
theocean'svastquantityoffish
2. anexactorspecifiedamountormeasure
Mixtheingredientsinthequantitiescalledfor
3. aconsiderableorgreatamount
toextractoreinquantity
4. Matha. thepropertyofmagnitudeinvolvingcomparabilitywithothermagnitudes
b. somethinghavingmagnitude,orsize,extent,amount,orthelike
c. magnitude,size,volume,area,orlength
5. Music
thelengthordurationofanote
6. Logic
thecharacterofapropositionassingular,universal,particular,ormixed,accordingtothepresenceorabsenceofcertainkindsofquantifiers
7. thatamount,degree,etc.,intermsofwhichanotherisgreaterorlesser
8. Prosody&Phonetics
therelativedurationorlengthofasoundorasyllable,withrespecttothetimespentinpronouncingit;length
9. Law
thenatureofanestateasaffectedbyitsdurationintime
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Wordorigin[1250–1300;MEquantite‹OF‹Lquantitās,equiv.toquant(us)howmuch+-itās-ity]
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Notbeingabletoswitchoffproperlymeansthequantityandqualityofsleepisbeingdamaged.Times,SundayTimes(2016)It'sunusualforarecipethatcontainssofewingredientstovarysowildlyinthequantitiesused.Times,SundayTimes(2016)Thecompanyacknowledgedthe'extremelyfinebalance'betweendemandforwiderspacesandthequantityofspacesavailable.Times,SundayTimes(2016)Suchwinescanbemadeavailableinrealisticquantitiesandatreasonableprices.Times,SundayTimes(2007)Leadisproducedforindustrialuseinlargerquantitiesthananyotherheavytoxicmetal.McKenzie,JamesF.&Pinger,RobertR.AnIntroductiontoCommunityHealth(1995)Thesheerquantityofpracticecannotfinallyexplainthemanifestlyapparentdifferencesbetweeneliteperformers.Times,SundayTimes(2012)Whatisthedifferencebetweenanincreaseindemandandanincreaseinquantitydemanded?Miller,RogerLeRoy&Fishe,RaymondP.H.Microeconomics:PriceTheoryinPractice(1995)Thisarguesforanimprovementinthequalityandquantityofmusictraininginschools.TheSun(2010)
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/ˈkwɒntɪtɪ/NOUNAquantityisanamountthatyoucanmeasureorcount....asmallquantityofwater.AmericanEnglish:quantity
/ˈkwɒntɪti/Arabic:كَمِيَّة
BrazilianPortuguese:quantidade
Chinese:数量
Croatian:količina
Czech:množství
Danish:kvantitet
Dutch:hoeveelheid
EuropeanSpanish:cantidad
volumenFinnish:määrä
French:quantité
German:Menge
Greek:ποσότητα
Italian:quantità
Japanese:量
Korean:수량
Norwegian:antall
Polish:ilość
EuropeanPortuguese:quantidade
Romanian:cantitateRussian:количество
LatinAmericanSpanish:cantidad
Swedish:kvantitet
Thai:ปริมาณTurkish:miktar
Ukrainian:кількістьVietnamese:sốlượng
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