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But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.
Christopher Columbus

Meaning of "quantity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUANTITY

From Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās extent, amount, from quantus how much.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUANTITY

quantity  [ˈkwɒntɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUANTITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quantity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUANTITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quantity

Quantity is a property that can exist as a magnitude or multitude. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less" or "equal", or, by assigning a numerical value in terms of a unit of measurement. Quantity is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Being a fundamental term, quantity is used to refer to any type of quantitative properties or attributes of things. Some quantities are such by their inner nature, while others are functioning as states of things such as heavy and light, long and short, broad and narrow, small and great, or much and little. A small quantity is sometimes referred to as a quantulum. Two basic divisions of quantity, magnitude and multitude, imply the principal distinction between continuity and discontinuity. Under the names of multitude come what is discontinuous and discrete and divisible into indivisibles, all cases of collective nouns: army, fleet, flock, government, company, party, people, chorus, crowd, mess, and number.

Definition of quantity in the English dictionary

The first definition of quantity in the dictionary is a specified or definite amount, weight, number, etc. Other definition of quantity is the aspect or property of anything that can be measured, weighed, counted, etc. Quantity is also a large or considerable amount.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUANTITY


chastity
ˈtʃæstɪtɪ
disquantity
dɪsˈkwɒntɪtɪ
entity
ˈɛntɪtɪ
identity
aɪˈdɛntɪtɪ
nonentity
ˌnɒnˈɛntɪtɪ
nonidentity
ˌnɒnaɪˈdɛntɪtɪ
ouistiti
ˈwɪstɪtɪ
oustiti
ˈuːstɪtɪ
sacrosanctity
ˌsækrəʊˈsæŋktɪtɪ
sanctity
ˈsæŋktɪtɪ
scantity
ˈskæntɪtɪ
tittie
ˈtɪtɪ
titty
ˈtɪtɪ
unchastity
ʌnˈtʃæstɪtɪ
vastity
ˈvɑːstɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUANTITY

quantiser
quantitate
quantitation
quantitative
quantitative analysis
quantitative easing
quantitatively
quantitatively identical
quantities
quantitive
quantitively
quantity mark
quantity surveying
quantity surveyor
quantity theory
quantivalence
quantivalent
quantization
quantize
quantizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUANTITY

corporate identity
legal entity
minus quantity
mistaken identity
numerical identity
odour of sanctity
old identity
proof of identity
qualitative identity
self-identity
unknown quantity

Synonyms and antonyms of quantity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUANTITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quantity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of quantity

Translation of «quantity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUANTITY

Find out the translation of quantity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quantity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quantity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

数量
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cantidad
570 millions of speakers

English

quantity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मात्रा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كَمِيَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

количество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quantidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিমাণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quantité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kuantiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Menge
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수량
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jumlah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

số lượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रमाण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

miktar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quantità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ilość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кількість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cantitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποσότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoeveelheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvantitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antall
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quantity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUANTITY»

The term «quantity» is very widely used and occupies the 3.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of quantity
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «quantity».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUANTITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quantity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quantity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quantity

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10 QUOTES WITH «QUANTITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quantity.
1
Julian Assange
That's a problem. I mean, like any sort of growing startup organization, we are sort of overwhelmed by our growth. And that means we're getting enormous quantity of whistleblower disclosures of a very high caliber, but don't have enough people to actually process and vet this information.
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Gregory Bateson
Number is different from quantity.
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Carl Bernstein
The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.
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Willy Bogner, Jr.
Our clothes are expensive. I guess you could say we are aiming at the Yuppie market. But we feel America is moving away from quantity to the desire for quality. That is what we offer.
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George Boole
It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity.
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Walther Bothe
In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
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Giraldus Cambrensis
Wales was in ancient times divided into three parts nearly equal, consideration having been paid, in this division, more to the value than to the just quantity or proportion of territory.
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Howard Carter
We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects.
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Frederic Chopin
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
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Christopher Columbus
But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUANTITY»

Discover the use of quantity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quantity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Construction Quantity Surveying: A Practical Guide for the ...
This book aims to provide readers with a practical guide into quantity surveying from a main contractor's perspective. Readers will acquire an understanding of the skills and competencies required by the contractor’s quantity surveyor.
Donald Towey, 2012
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New Aspects of Quantity Surveying Practice
The book is recommended reading for students of quantity surveying and an essential guide for all surveying professionals seeking to familiarise themselves with the latest developments.
Duncan Cartlidge, 2012
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Quantity Surveyor's Pocket Book
This second edition of the Quantity Surveyor’s Pocket Book is fully updated in line with NRM1, NRM2 and JCT(11), and remains a must-have guide for students and qualified practitioners.
Duncan Cartlidge, 2012
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The Optimum Quantity Of Money
This work is essential reading for economists and graduate students in the field. The volume will be no less important for practicing business and banking personnel as well.
Milton Friedman, 2005
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Willis's Elements of Quantity Surveying
This edition begins with an overview of the need for measurement and the differing rules governing measurement at different stages of the design or project cycle.
Sandra Lee, William Trench, Andrew Willis, 2013
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Unknown Quantity:: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
John Derbyshire is introducing us to algebra through the ages -- and it promises to be just what his die-hard fans have been waiting for. "Here is the story of algebra." With this deceptively simple introduction, we begin our journey.
John Derbyshire, 2006
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Quantity Implicatures
In this first book-length discussion of the topic, Bart Geurts presents a theory of quantity implicatures that is resolutely pragmatic, arguing that the orthodox Gricean approach to conversational implicature is capable of accounting for ...
Bart Geurts, 2010
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Quality and Quantity: The Quest for Biological Regeneration ...
This book, first published in 2001, is an account of eugenicists' efforts to improve the inherited biological quality of the French population.
William H. Schneider, 2002
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Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor
These are changing times for the quantity surveyor; but that is nothing new! The - profession is very different to what it was even twenty years ago. This is true for all professions where a commercial revolution has been taking place steered by  ...
Allan Ashworth, Keith Hogg, Catherine Higgs, 2013
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The Quantity Theory of Insanity
These are the sort of truths that emerge in this collection of stories by one of England's most gifted writers.
Will Self, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUANTITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quantity is used in the context of the following news items.
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NZ quantity surveyors join global coalition
The New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS) has joined a new global movement established to create international standards in construction ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
For Lead Generation, B2Bs Choose Quality Over Quantity
Business-to-business (B2B) marketers want quality over quantity when it comes to lead generation. When a July 2015 study by Ascend2 asked B2B marketing ... «eMarketer, Jul 15»
3
Minot man caught with large quantity of meth, weapons in car, police …
MINOT, N.D. – A 22-year-old Minot man is being held in the Ward County Jail without bond after he was arrested in his vehicle with a “large quantity” of ... «INFORUM, Jul 15»
4
Limited quantity of Atkins Chocolate Candies recalled
Photo source: FDA Atkins Nutritionals is recalling a limited quantity of Atkins Chocolate Candies. The product may contain sachets of Atkins Peanut Candies, ... «ConsumerAffairs, Jun 15»
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Squad to check quality, quantity of food grains in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu, Jun 28 :The Consumer affairs and public distribution (CA&PD) ministry of Jammu and Kashmir has called for constituting a 'checking squad' to examine ... «India.com, Jun 15»
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Large quantity of packaged water bearing fake ISI mark seized
"BIS raided Sohail Enterprises in Kondhava area of Pune and seized a very large quantity of 20 litre 'Pet Jars and Cool Jars' of packaged water with spurious ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
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Govt to import pulses in large quantity to meet shortfall
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given directions to import pulses in large quantities to make good the shortfall,” Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told reporters ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
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Firefighters remove large quantity of paste from Belton layby
Humberside firefighters have been called out to remove a large quantity of Dammit Paste from a road ... Large quantity of unknown substance on road layby. «Doncaster Today, May 15»
9
'A Large Quantity of Ciggies' Stolen from Cumbies
Salem Police detectives are investigating an overnight burglary at the Cumberland Farms Store on South Broadway, according to Lt. Joel Dolan of the Salem ... «Patch.com, May 15»
10
Quantity counts for baboons
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE An olive baboon named Pearl, shown here, and one of her troopmates could keep tabs on approximate quantities of peanuts placed ... «Science News, May 15»

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