quantitative

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv/ UK /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #62520

Meanings

1

adj
expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

We want to be able to export wheat without quantitative limitations.
2

adj
of verse, having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

This is clearly quantitative verse.
3

adj
relating to the measurement of quantity

Quantitative studies are more important than armchair theorizing when it comes to solving world hunger.
4

adj
Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

Near-synonyms: nonqualitative, unqualitative.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 adj · of a measurements and data... nonqualitativeunqualitative

Word family

Derived forms histoquantitativemorphoquantitativenon-quantitativenonquantitativepseudo-quantitativepseudoquantitativequantitativelyquantitativenessquantitativistquantophreniasemiquantitativeunquantitative

Related forms qualitativequantquantitate quantity

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Phrases (1)

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quantitative relation
a relationship expressed in terms of measurable amounts

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity + -ative.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# quantitative

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 62520

## Meanings
1. expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
2. of verse, having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
3. relating to the measurement of quantity
4. Of a measurements and data types: based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality.

## Examples
- We want to be able to export wheat without quantitative limitations.
- This is clearly quantitative verse.
- Quantitative studies are more important than armchair theorizing when it comes to solving world hunger.
- Near-synonyms: nonqualitative, unqualitative.

## Derived Forms
- histoquantitative
- morphoquantitative
- non-quantitative
- nonquantitative
- pseudo-quantitative
- pseudoquantitative
- quantitatively
- quantitativeness
- quantitativist
- quantophrenia
- semiquantitative
- unquantitative

## Related Forms
- qualitative
- quant
- quantitate
- quantity

## Etymology
From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity + -ative.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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