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quantity noun [ ˈkwɒntɪti ]

• the amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.
• "the quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled"
Similar: amount, number, total, aggregate, sum, quota, group, size, mass, weight, volume, bulk, load, consignment, expanse, extent, length, area, quantum, proportion, portion, part, dose, dosage,
• the perceived length of a vowel sound or syllable.
• a value or component that may be expressed in numbers.
Origin: Middle English: from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs ), from quantus ‘how great, how much’.


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