Quantity meaning

What does “quantity” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“quantity” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify.

quantity

noun

  1. how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

  2. an adequate or large amount

    “he had a quantity of ammunition”

  3. the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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