QUANTITY


Meaning of QUANTITY in English

(quantities)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A ~ is an amount that you can measure or count.

...a small ~ of water.

...vast quantities of food...

Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand...

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2.

Things that are produced or available in ~ are produced or available in large amounts.

After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in ~...

N-UNCOUNT

3.

You can use ~ to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality.

...the less discerning drinker who prefers ~ to quality...

= amount

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If you say that someone or something is an unknown ~, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave.

He is an unknown ~ for his rivals.

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