quantitative

[ kwon-ti-tey-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. that is or may be estimated by quantity.

  2. of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity.

  1. of or relating to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.

  2. of or relating to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.

Origin of quantitative

1
First recorded in 1575–85; from Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, equivalent to Latin quantitāt- (stem of quantitās “amount”) + -īvus adjective suffix; see origin at quantity, -ive
  • Sometimes quan·ti·tive [kwon-ti-tiv] /ˈkwɒn tɪ tɪv/ .

Other words from quantitative

  • quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, quan·ti·tive·ly, adverb
  • quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, quan·ti·tive·ness, noun
  • non·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjective
  • non·quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, noun
  • un·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjective

Words that may be confused with quantitative

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How to use quantitative in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for quantitative

quantitative

quantitive

/ (ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪ-) /


adjective
  1. involving or relating to considerations of amount or size: Compare qualitative

  2. capable of being measured

  1. prosody denoting or relating to a metrical system, such as that in Latin and Greek verse, that is based on the relative length rather than stress of syllables

Derived forms of quantitative

  • quantitatively or quantitively, adverb

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