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quantity

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.tɪ.ti/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: kwŏnʹ(t)ĭtē
  • General-American: /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/
  • General-American: [ˈkhwɑn(ɾ)ɨɾi]
  • General-American: [ˈkhwɑn(th)ɨthi]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: [ˈkwɑnɾəɾi]
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • obsolete: /ˈkwæn.tɪ.ti/
  • obsolete: /ˈkwæn.tɪ.tɪ/
  • CMU ARPABET: K W AA1 N T AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • You have to choose between quantity and quality.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An indefinite amount of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Some soap making oils are best as base oils, used in a larger quantity in the soap, while other oils are best added in a small quantity.
  • Olive oil can be used practically in any quantity.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A specific measured amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • This bag would normally cost $497.50 for a quantity of 250, at a price of $1.99 per piece.
  • Generally it should not be used in a quantity larger than 15 percent.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A considerable measure or amount.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The Boeing P-26A was the first all-metal monoplane fighter produced in quantity for the U.S. Army Air Corps.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed as number and a reference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: metrology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • x plus y quantity squared equals x squared plus 2xy plus y squared.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Length of sounds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: measure, amount

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abstraction, abstract entity

Narrower terms: probability, chance, quantum, value, economic value, fundamental quantity, fundamental measure, definite quantity, indefinite quantity, relative quantity, system of measurement, metric, cordage, octane number, octane rating, magnetization, magnetisation, radical, volume, proof, time unit, unit of time, point, point in time, playing period, period of play, play, time interval, interval

9

noun

Meaning 9

an adequate or large amount

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a quantity of ammunition

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: amount

Narrower terms: abundance, copiousness, teemingness

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: concept, conception, construct

Narrower terms: quantum, term, numerical quantity, operand, variable, variable quantity, constant, constant quantity, invariable, parameter, product, mathematical product, sum, amount, total, proportional, binomial

History

Etymology

From Middle English quantite, from Old French quantité, from Latin quantitās (“quantity”), from quantus (“how much”).

Across languages

Translations

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sasi — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Arabic: كَمِّيَّة (kammiyya) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Arabic: مِقْدَار (miqdār) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Arabic: قدر (qadr) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Armenian: քանակ (kʻanak) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Asturian: cantidá — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Avar: къадар (qxʼadar) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Azerbaijani: kəmiyyət — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Azerbaijani: miqdar — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Bashkir: һан (han) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Bashkir: миҡдар (miqdar) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Basque: kantitatea — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Belarusian: ко́лькасць (kólʹkascʹ) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Belarusian: ко́лькасьць (kólʹkasʹcʹ) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Bengali: পরিমাণ (poriman) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Burmese: အရေအတွက် (a.rea.twak) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Catalan: quantitat — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese: 數量 /数量 (zh-min-nan) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數量 /数量 (shùliàng) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 量 (liàng) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字 /数字 (shùzì) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 數目 /数目 (shùmù) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分量 (fènliàng) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Czech: množství — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Danish: kvantitet — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Dutch: hoeveelheid — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Dutch: kwantiteit — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Estonian: kogus — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Estonian: kvantiteet — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Finnish: määrä — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • French: quantité — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Galician: cantidade — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Georgian: ოდენობა (odenoba) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • German: Quantität — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • German: Menge — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Greek: ποσότητα (posótita) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Ancient Greek: ποσότης (posótēs) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Hebrew: כַּמוּת (kamút) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Hindi: मात्रा (mātrā) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Hindi: परिमाण (parimāṇ) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Hungarian: mennyiség — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Icelandic: magn — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Ido: quanteso — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Indonesian: kuantitas — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Indonesian: jumlah — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Interlingua: quantitate — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Irish: cainníocht — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Italian: grandezza — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Italian: quantità — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Japanese: 量 (ryō) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Japanese: 数量 (sūryō) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Japanese: 分量 (bunryō) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Kazakh: сан (san) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Khmer: ចំនួន (cɑmnuən) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Korean: 양 (yang) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Korean: 량 (ryang) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Korean: 수량 (suryang) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Korean: 분량 (bullyang) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Central Kurdish: چەندیەتی (çendyetî) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Kyrgyz: сан (san) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Lao: ປະລິມານ (pa li mān) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Lao: ຈໍານວນ (cham nūan) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Latin: quantitās — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Latvian: daudzums — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Lithuanian: kiekis — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Macedonian: коли́чина (kolíčina) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Macedonian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Macedonian: квантите́т (kvantitét) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Malay: kuantiti — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Malay: jumlah — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Malayalam: അളവ് (aḷavŭ) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Māori: rahinga — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Mongolian: тоо хэмжээ (too xemžee) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvantitet — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Pashto: مقدار (meqdãr) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Iranian Persian: کَمِّیَت (kammiyat) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Iranian Persian: مِقْدار (meġdâr) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Polish: ilość — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Polish: wielkość — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Portuguese: quantidade — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Romanian: cantitate — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: количѝна — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: квантите́та — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: količìna — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvantitéta — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Slovak: množstvo — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Slovene: količina — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Slovene: kvantiteta — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Spanish: cantidad — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Spanish: cuantía — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Swedish: kvantitet — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Tajik: шумора (šumora) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Tajik: миқдор (miqdor) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Tatar: сан (san) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Telugu: పరిమాణము (parimāṇamu) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Thai: ปริมาณ (bpà-rí-maan) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Thai: จํานวน (jam-nuuan) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Turkish: miktar — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Turkmen: san — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Turkmen: mukdar — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Ukrainian: кі́лькість (kílʹkistʹ) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Urdu: مِقْدار (miqdār) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Uyghur: سان (san) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Uyghur: مىقدار (miqdar) — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Uzbek: son — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Uzbek: miqdor — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Vietnamese: lượng — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Vietnamese: số lượng — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Walloon: cwantité — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Zazaki: miktar — fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement
  • Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — indefinite amount of something
  • Catalan: quantitat — indefinite amount of something
  • Dutch: hoeveelheid — indefinite amount of something
  • Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ — indefinite amount of something
  • Finnish: määrä — indefinite amount of something
  • French: quantité — indefinite amount of something
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba) — indefinite amount of something
  • German: Quantität — indefinite amount of something
  • Greek: ποσότητα (posótita) — indefinite amount of something
  • Ancient Greek: ποσότης (posótēs) — indefinite amount of something
  • Hebrew: כַּמוּת (kamút) — indefinite amount of something
  • Ido: quanto — indefinite amount of something
  • Irish: cainníocht — indefinite amount of something
  • Italian: numero — indefinite amount of something
  • Latvian: daudzums — indefinite amount of something
  • Macedonian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — indefinite amount of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mengde — indefinite amount of something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mengd — indefinite amount of something
  • Polish: ilość — indefinite amount of something
  • Portuguese: quantidade — indefinite amount of something
  • Romanian: cantitate — indefinite amount of something
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — indefinite amount of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: количѝна — indefinite amount of something
  • Serbo-Croatian: količìna — indefinite amount of something
  • Slovene: količina — indefinite amount of something
  • Spanish: cantidad — indefinite amount of something
  • Spanish: cuantía — indefinite amount of something
  • Swedish: kvantitet — indefinite amount of something
  • Swedish: mängd — indefinite amount of something
  • Waray-Waray: kantidad — indefinite amount of something
  • Waray-Waray: kadamo — indefinite amount of something
  • Zazaki: çend (diq) — indefinite amount of something
  • Zazaki: çend (diq) — indefinite amount of something
  • ǃXóõ: ǃɢa̰n-ǃɢa̰n — indefinite amount of something
  • ǃXóõ: dzâa — indefinite amount of something
  • Bulgarian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — specific measured amount
  • Catalan: quantitat — specific measured amount
  • Dutch: hoeveelheid — specific measured amount
  • Estonian: hulk — specific measured amount
  • Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ — specific measured amount
  • Finnish: määrä — specific measured amount
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba) — specific measured amount
  • Greek: ποσότητα (posótita) — specific measured amount
  • Hebrew: כַּמוּת (kamút) — specific measured amount
  • Irish: cainníocht — specific measured amount
  • Latvian: daudzums — specific measured amount
  • Macedonian: коли́чина (kolíčina) — specific measured amount
  • Malayalam: അളവ് (aḷavŭ) — specific measured amount
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mengde — specific measured amount
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antall — specific measured amount
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mengd — specific measured amount
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tal — specific measured amount
  • Polish: ilość — specific measured amount
  • Portuguese: quantidade — specific measured amount
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — specific measured amount
  • Slovene: količina — specific measured amount
  • Spanish: cantidad — specific measured amount
  • Spanish: cuantía — specific measured amount
  • Swedish: mängd — specific measured amount
  • Swedish: antal — specific measured amount
  • Zazaki: hend (diq) — specific measured amount
  • ǃXóõ: ʻǁnàhã — specific measured amount
  • Catalan: quantitat — considerable measure or amount
  • Ewe: gbɔsɔsɔ — considerable measure or amount
  • Finnish: merkittävä määrä — considerable measure or amount
  • Finnish: paljous — considerable measure or amount
  • Georgian: რაოდენობა (raodenoba) — considerable measure or amount
  • German: Menge — considerable measure or amount
  • Hebrew: כַּמוּת (kamút) — considerable measure or amount
  • Latvian: daudzums — considerable measure or amount
  • Macedonian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — considerable measure or amount
  • Macedonian: коли́чина (kolíčina) — considerable measure or amount
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mengde — considerable measure or amount
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antall — considerable measure or amount
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mengd — considerable measure or amount
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tal — considerable measure or amount
  • Polish: duża ilość — considerable measure or amount
  • Portuguese: quantidade — considerable measure or amount
  • Romanian: mulțime — considerable measure or amount
  • Romanian: mare cantitate — considerable measure or amount
  • Russian: коли́чество (kolíčestvo) — considerable measure or amount
  • Spanish: cantidad — considerable measure or amount
  • Spanish: cuantía — considerable measure or amount
  • Finnish: suluissa — word used to indicate that preceding expression is a single object
  • German: in Klammern — word used to indicate that preceding expression is a single object
  • Zazaki: henq — word used to indicate that preceding expression is a single object
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