quantitative

[kwon-ti-tey-tiv]

adjective

that is or may be estimated by quantity.

of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity.

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.

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

Sometimes quan·ti·tive [kwon-ti-tiv] /ˈkwɒn tɪ tɪv/.

Origin of quantitative

1575–85; < Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, equivalent to Latin quantitāt- (stem of quantitās) quantity + -īvus -ive

Related formsquan·ti·ta·tive·ly, quan·ti·tive·ly, adverbquan·ti·ta·tive·ness, quan·ti·tive·ness, nounnon·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjectivenon·quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, adverbnon·quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, nounun·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjective

Can be confusedqualitative quantitative

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Examples from the Web for quantitive

Contemporary Examples of quantitive

Mitt Romney just publicly said the Federal Reserve shouldn't go ahead with another round of quantitive easing [1].
Stimulus for Conservatives
David Frum
August 13, 2012

Historical Examples of quantitive

Other than quantitive changes are not noticed, except as provocations to homiletic discourse.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays
Thorstein Veblen

British Dictionary definitions for quantitive

quantitative

quantitive

adjective

involving or relating to considerations of amount or sizeCompare qualitative

capable of being measured

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 Formsquantitatively or quantitively, adverb

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Word Origin and History for quantitive

adj.

1650s, from quantity + -ive. Related: Quantitively.

quantitative

adj.

1580s, "having quantity," from Medieval Latin quantitativus, from stem of Latin quantitas (see quantity). Meaning "measurable" is from 1650s. Related: Quantitatively.