quantitative

adjective

that is or may be estimated by quantity.

of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.

of or pertaining 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 pertaining to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.

Also, quan·ti·tive.

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

Related forms

quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, quan·ti·tive·ly, adverb

quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, quan·ti·tive·ness, noun

non·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjective

non·quan·ti·ta·tive·ly, adverb

non·quan·ti·ta·tive·ness, noun

un·quan·ti·ta·tive, adjective

Can be confused: qualitative, quantitative.

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quantitative or quantitive (ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv, -ˌteɪ-)

—*adj*
1.	Compare qualitative involving or relating to considerations of amount or size
2.	capable of being measured
3.	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

quantitive or quantitive

—*adj*

'quantitatively or quantitive

—*adv*

'quantitively or quantitive

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

quantitative

1580s, from M.L. quantitativus, from L. quantitas (see quantity).

Example sentences

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of quantitative existential portrait of someone.

Let's try a more quantitative approach.

Such is the life of a quantitative fund manager.

Water vapor content is the quantitative amount of water vapor present in a

parcel of air.

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