Quantity Definition

kwŏntĭ-tē
quantities
noun
quantities
An amount; portion.
Webster's New World
Any indeterminate bulk, weight, or number.
Webster's New World
The exact amount of a particular thing.
Webster's New World
A great amount or number.
To buy a commodity in quantity.
Webster's New World
That property of anything which can be determined by measurement.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Quantity

Noun

Singular:
quantity
Plural:
quantities

Origin of Quantity

  • Middle English quantite from Old French from Latin quantitās quantitāt- from quantus how great kwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin quantitas (“quantity"), from quantus (“how much").

    From Wiktionary

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