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Quantity tells you “how much.” If you're concerned with quantity not quality, it's more important how many you have than how good they are.
If you get confused about quantity vs. quality, remember that quant is close to count. In Latin, quantus means “how great” or “how much.” When you count how many oranges are in a bowl, you know the quantity. When you count the grains of sand in a desert, you're counting a very large quantity . . . and you need a new hobby.
WORD FAMILY
quantity: quantities
USAGE EXAMPLES
Although Israeli officials detest Hamas, it's a known quantity, and preferable to a power vacuum that could be filled by more dangerous groups.
Los Angeles Times(Jul 11, 2014)
That projection, however, rests on rosy forecasts of both oil prices and the quantity firms will be able to extract.
Economist(Jul 10, 2014)
Processed foods, industrialized production and their marketing mislead humans into eating the wrong thing or the wrong quantity.
Time(Jul 10, 2014)
The key question is, how much do they increase the amount of RRP and decrease the quantity of reserves in the system?
Washington Post(Jul 10, 2014)
It will still own vast quantities of them.
Time(Jul 09, 2014)
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nhow much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
Synonyms:
amount, measure
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6 June 1944
date of the Allied landing in France, World War II
Bronze Age
(archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons
Iron Age
(archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
Stone Age
(archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements
Eolithic Age
the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture
Paleolithic Age
second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
Lower Paleolithic
the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago
Middle Paleolithic
the time period of Neanderthal man; ended about 35,000 years BC
Upper Paleolithic
the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC
Epipaleolithic
middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
Neolithic Age
latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
Caliphate
the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century; some Moslems still maintain that the Moslem world must always have a calif as head of the community
Christian era
the time period beginning with the supposed year of Christ's birth
Great Schism
the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon
Age of Reason
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Elizabethan age
a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
Victorian age
a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation
Baroque period
the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
Middle Ages
the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
Renaissance
the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
Italian Renaissance
the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance
technological revolution
the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
Reign of Terror
the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed
Harlem Renaissance
a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
New Deal
the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
Reconstruction Period
the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
Restoration
the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
Great Depression
a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
Regency
the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
8 May 1945
the date of Allied victory in Europe, World War II
15 August 1945
the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
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nthe concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable
3
nan adequate or large amount
he had a quantity of ammunition

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