quantitative

[ kwon-ti-tey-tiv ]
/ ˈkwɒn tɪˌteɪ tɪv /
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adjective

that is or may be estimated by quantity.
of or relating to the describing or measuring of quantity.
of or relating to a metrical system, as that of classical verse, based on the alternation of long and short, rather than accented and unaccented, syllables.
of or relating to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.
Sometimes quan·ti·tive [kwon-ti-tiv] /ˈkwɒn tɪ tɪv/.

Origin of quantitative

1575–85; < Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, equivalent to Latin quantitāt- (stem of quantitās) quantity + -īvus -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM quantitative

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH quantitative

qualitative quantitative

Words nearby quantitative

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Words related to quantitative

perceptible, significant, sweeping, extensive, indiscriminate, large-scale, mensurable, complete, comprehensive, overall, general, bulk, mass, broad, total, calculable, commensurate, computable, material, fathomable

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British Dictionary definitions for quantitative

quantitative

quantitive

/ (ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪ-) /

adjective

involving or relating to considerations of amount or size Compare qualitative
capable of being measured
prosody denoting or relating to a metrical system, such as that in Latin and Greek verse, that is based on the relative length rather than stress of syllables

Derived forms of quantitative

quantitatively or quantitively, adverb