quantitative

[ kwon-ti-tey-tiv ]

adjective

1. that is or may be estimated by quantity.
2. of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity.
3. 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.
4. of or relating to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.

quantitative

/ -ˌteɪ-; ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv /

adjective

1. See qualitative
   involving or relating to considerations of amount or size Compare qualitative
2. capable of being measured
3. 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

• ˈquantitatively, adverb

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitative¹

First recorded in 1575–85; from Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, equivalent to Latin quantitāt- (stem of quantitās “amount”) + -īvus adjective suffix; quantity, -ive

Example Sentences

They started with a quantitative screen estimating where stocks may be valued at the end of 2021 assuming they “hit analyst numbers and see a return to normalized multiples.”

From Fortune

Beyond data mining, these pieces of content also reach the human eyes that are ultimately scanning for qualitative and quantitative points to help them determine their investment strategies.

From Fortune

We conducted a cross-sectional quantitative survey, designed to be representative of young women in these communities.

From No Straight News

Our quantitative estimates for each race are converted into qualitative ratings as described in the chart below.

From Ozy

Galileo merged mathematics with natural philosophy and quantitative experimental methodology to provide a foundation for understanding nature on nature’s terms, rather than Aristotle’s.

From Science News

These so-called quantitative easing measures were intended to keep interest rates low.

From The Daily Beast

Chairman of the Federal Reserve:  “Quantitative Easing it is!”

From The Daily Beast

Yellen was present at the creation of quantitative easing, and is pledging to continue the policy until it works.

From The Daily Beast

Republicans have tried for the last several years to make it seem as if quantitative easing is a tool of the hard left.

From The Daily Beast

The objections to quantitative easing were generally pro forma and not particularly articulate.

From The Daily Beast

Quantitative estimation does not furnish much of definite clinical value.

From Project Gutenberg

Quantitative estimation of the total sulphates yields little of clinical value.

From Project Gutenberg

We suffer, nearly all of us, from a lack of quantitative grasp and from an imperfect grasp of form.

From Project Gutenberg

From Walden's work it appears that the dielectric constant finally determines the quantitative ionizing effect of a solvent.

From Project Gutenberg

The change in the quantity of water brought about the difference in resultthe quantitative relations were altered thereby.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• extensive
• indiscriminate
• large-scale
• sweeping