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 quantity

English 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.