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单词 quantifier
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Definition of quantifier in English:

quantifier

noun ˈkwɒntɪfʌɪəˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪər
Logic
  • 1An expression (e.g. all, some) that indicates the scope of a term to which it is attached.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Frege was the first to attempt to transcribe the old statements of categorical logic in a language employing variables, quantifiers and truth-functions.
    • In order to avoid confusion between the objectual and substitutional interpretations of the quantifiers, I shall use ‘p’ to designate the universal substitutional quantifier.
    • And here the variable ‘x’ is bound by the quantifier outside the scope of ‘believes… ’, and ‘a’ is a name for x which may or may not be a name which S knows.
    • For proving injectivity and surjectivity of functions, Ward had stressed how a proof strategy could be outlined by simply looking at the quantifiers in the definitions.
    • The epsilon operator is a term-forming operator which replaces quantifiers in ordinary predicate logic.
    1. 1.1Grammar A determiner or pronoun indicative of quantity (e.g. all, both).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sentences containing multiple quantifiers are known to give rise to several interpretations.
      • There are some kinds of relative clauses in which a quantifier or other operator binds the relative especially tightly to the interpretation of the syntactic head, e.g. ‘the only thing that trumps fear is greed’.
      • A discussion of grounding involves examining the role of determiners and quantifiers, and other aspects of the noun phrase.
      • The questionnaire included examples of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and ‘closed-class’ words - pronouns, question words, prepositions and articles, and quantifiers.
      • Some words and phrases used as quantifiers can also be used as intensifiers, as in: much nicer; much less; many more; a little better; a lot older; a lot too old; a bit too much.
 
 

Definition of quantifier in US English:

quantifier

nounˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪərˈkwän(t)əˌfīər
Logic
  • 1An expression (e.g. all, some) that indicates the scope of a term to which it is attached.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And here the variable ‘x’ is bound by the quantifier outside the scope of ‘believes… ’, and ‘a’ is a name for x which may or may not be a name which S knows.
    • In order to avoid confusion between the objectual and substitutional interpretations of the quantifiers, I shall use ‘p’ to designate the universal substitutional quantifier.
    • For proving injectivity and surjectivity of functions, Ward had stressed how a proof strategy could be outlined by simply looking at the quantifiers in the definitions.
    • The epsilon operator is a term-forming operator which replaces quantifiers in ordinary predicate logic.
    • Frege was the first to attempt to transcribe the old statements of categorical logic in a language employing variables, quantifiers and truth-functions.
    1. 1.1Grammar A determiner or pronoun indicative of quantity (e.g. all, both).
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There are some kinds of relative clauses in which a quantifier or other operator binds the relative especially tightly to the interpretation of the syntactic head, e.g. ‘the only thing that trumps fear is greed’.
      • The questionnaire included examples of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and ‘closed-class’ words - pronouns, question words, prepositions and articles, and quantifiers.
      • Sentences containing multiple quantifiers are known to give rise to several interpretations.
      • A discussion of grounding involves examining the role of determiners and quantifiers, and other aspects of the noun phrase.
      • Some words and phrases used as quantifiers can also be used as intensifiers, as in: much nicer; much less; many more; a little better; a lot older; a lot too old; a bit too much.
 
 
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