noun (plural quantities)
1 [C,U] an amount or a number of sth:
a large / small quantity of sth * enormous / vast / huge quantities of food * a product that is cheap to produce in large quantities * Is it available in sufficient quantity?
2 [U] the measurement of sth by saying how much of it there is:
The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity.
3 [C,U] a large amount or number of sth:
The police found a quantity of drugs at his home. * It's cheaper to buy goods in quantity. * I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available.
IDIOMS see UNKNOWN
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for quantity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does quantity appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — quantity appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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