quantity
British ['kw?nt?t?] American ['kwɑnt?ti]
n. Quantity, quantity; large amount; total amount< /p>
[ plural quantities ]
Phrases:
quantity of quantity; flow
large quantity large quantity; large quantity
< p>quality and quantity Quality and quantityEnglish explanation and examples:
1.
N-VAR A quantity is an amount. Quantity
Example:
...a small quantity of water.
…a small quantity of water.
2.
N-UNCOUNT Things that are produced or available in quantity are produced or available in large amounts. Large amounts
Example:
< p>After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity.After some initial problems, acetone was successfully produced in quantity.
3.
N-UNCOUNT You can use quantity to refer to the amount of something that there is, especially when you want to contrast it with its quality. (in terms of quality) quantity
Example:
...the less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality.
...Quality rather than quality, discernment Poor drinker.
4.
PHRASE If you say that someone or something is an unknown quantity, you mean that not much is known about what they are like or how they will behave. unknown quantity; Unknown quantity
Example:
She had known Max for some years now, but he was still pretty much an unknown quantity.
She had known Max for some years now, but he was still pretty much an unknown quantity.
She had known Max for some years now. , but he is still a big unknown.