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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quan•ti•ty /ˈkwɑntɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - an amount that is indefinite or in a collection:[countable]a quantity of sugar; vast quantities of oil.
- an exact or specified amount or measure:[countable]in the quantities called for.
- a considerable or great amount:[uncountable]to buy food in quantity.
- the fact of being an amount, degree, etc., of something, which can be greater or lesser:[uncountable]impressed by quality, not quantity.
- any person, thing, or factor taken into consideration:[countable]The nominee was an unknown quantity.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quan•ti•ty (kwon′ti tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - a particular or indefinite amount of anything:a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- an exact or specified amount or measure:Mix the ingredients in the quantities called for.
- a considerable or great amount:to extract ore in quantity.
- [Math.]
- the property of magnitude involving comparability with other magnitudes.
- something having magnitude, or size, extent, amount, or the like.
- magnitude, size, volume, area, or length.
- Music and Dancethe length or duration of a note.
- Philosophy[Logic.]the character of a proposition as singular, universal, particular, or mixed, according to the presence or absence of certain kinds of quantifiers.
- that amount, degree, etc., in terms of which another is greater or lesser.
- Phonetics, Poetry[Pros., Phonet.]the relative duration or length of a sound or a syllable, with respect to the time spent in pronouncing it;
length. - Lawthe nature of an estate as affected by its duration in time.
- Latin quantitās, equivalent. to quant(us) how much + -itās -ity
- Old French
- Middle English quantite 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quantity /ˈkwɒntɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- a specified or definite amount, weight, number, etc
- (as modifier): a quantity estimate
- the aspect or property of anything that can be measured, weighed, counted, etc
- a large or considerable amount
- an entity having a magnitude that may be denoted by a numerical expression
- a specified magnitude or amount; the product of a number and a unit
- the characteristic of a proposition dependent on whether it is a universal or particular statement, considering all or only part of a class
- the relative duration of a syllable or the vowel in it
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās extent, amount, from quantus how muchUSAGE
The use of a plural noun after quantity of as in a large quantity of bananas was formerly considered incorrect, but is now acceptable |