quantity
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- noun
- /ˈkwɑːntɪti/
:
cantidad
- Great writers know that it's quality, not quantity, that matters in the words they choose.
- large quantities
- small quantities
- a sufficient quantity
Now this is mainly if quantity is your deal.
- Now this is mainly if quantity is your deal.
- Just let the record by far, yes, more more quality than quantity for sure.
- Now, I, I would wager a vast quantity of money.
- So that is a massive, massive quantity A&B;.
- Demand increases, the quantity stays the same.
- And so making time isn't just about the actual quantity of time.
- They're functions trying to optimize some some quantity.
- At the end of the day, loneliness isn't about quantity.
- We would eat that, you know, in quantity.
Examples
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He bought a large quantity of apples to make cider for the fall festival.
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And so with a limit order you give both quantity and price.
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You want to find the quantity, let us call it R.
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So the revenue from selling X cars, it's the quantity times the price.
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You start producing bigger and bigger quantities and these things do add up.
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And then I add different quantities of water to each of the wells.
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Participants expressed ideas about the quality and quantity of experiences in the classroom.
Academic text (2012) -
Google sells products in quantities that are giant.
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What really differs between people is the quality and quantity of their self-regulatory processes.
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Dairy cows must consume large quantities of water for the production of milk.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The total of people or things in a group
∞
1.0
A quantity of something, often money or goods
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1.3
An amount of something found by measuring or counting
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The amount of space something takes up
A number that shows how much of something there is
Compounds
- Specialized
A basic physical amount used to measure things, like length or mass
- Specialized
A whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself
- Specialized
A number you change in an equation to make different but similar curves
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
quantity = quant + ity
The element 'quant-' is a Latin combining form (not a standalone English base), so learners who know common English words cannot reliably derive 'quantity' from its parts.
Etymology
Quantity comes from the old Latin root quantus, which means 'how great' or 'how much'. So quantity is the amount of something you can count or measure.