Definitions for quantity

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quantity quan·ti·ty

Spelling: [kwon-ti-tee]

IPA: /ˈkwɒn tɪ ti/

Quantity is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in quantity (ainqttuy).

Definitions for quantity

noun

1. a particular or indefinite amount of anything:
2. an exact or specified amount or measure:
3. a considerable or great amount:
4. Mathematics. 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.
5. Music. the length or duration of a note.
6. Logic. the character of a proposition as singular, universal, particular, or mixed, according to the presence or absence of certain kinds of quantifiers.
7. that amount, degree, etc., in terms of which another is greater or lesser.
8. Prosody, Phonetics. the relative duration or length of a sound or a syllable, with respect to the time spent in pronouncing it; length.
9. Law. the nature of an estate as affected by its duration in time.

Origin of quantity

1250-1300; Middle English quantite Old French Latin quantitās, equivalent to quant(us) how much + -itās -ity

Examples for quantity

They are very sour and do not contain sugar in any quantity.

In terms of quantity and severity, there are signs we are on the cusp of the most violent Super Bowl yet.

The quantity of sugar produced was small compared to that produced on other estates.

quantity: Since we have established timing, quantity per meal really depends on the quantity of carbs eaten per day.

(b) What food substance do they supply in quantity to the diet?

First, we need to change the debate—to focus at least as much on the quality of resources as the quantity.

It's just typical political graft … It was a lot more about quantity than quality.

There are people who put a lot on the quantity of things and the recipe.

Renmark arose leisurely and picked up a quantity of the books.

I don't care for you—to marry you—a bit, but I like you, oh, a quantity!