quantity
[noun]
Synonyms:
- amount, lot, number, part, sum, total
- size, bulk, capacity, extent, length, magnitude, mass, measure, volume

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English Thesaurus: amount, quantity, volume, level, proportion, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

quan‧ti‧ty S3 W2 /ˈkwɒntəti, ˈkwɒntɪti $ ˈkwɑːn-/ noun (plural quantities)
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: quantité, from Latin quantitas, from quantus 'how much']

1. [uncountable and countable] an amount of something that can be counted or measured
quantity of
The police also found a quantity of ammunition in the flat.
Add 50 grams of butter, and the same quantity of sugar.
a large/small/vast etc quantity of something
He had consumed a large quantity of alcohol.
Huge quantities of oil were spilling into the sea.
in large/small/sufficient etc quantities
Buy vegetables in small quantities, for your immediate use.
Your work has improved in quantity and quality this term.
► Do not say ‘a big quantity’. Say a large quantity.

2. [uncountable] the large amount of something:
The sheer quantity of text meant that people did not read the whole of their newspaper.

3. in quantity in large amounts:
It’s a lot cheaper if you buy it in quantity.
⇒ be an unknown quantity at unknown¹(4)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

quantity
noun
ADJ. appreciable, considerable, enormous, fair, great, huge, large, massive, prodigious, sheer, substantial, vast | minute, modest, small | maximum, minimum | increasing | average | sufficient Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring.
PREP. in ~ There is a discount for goods bought in quantity.
~ of A quantity of jewellery was taken during the burglary.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

quantity

a large quantity
A large quantity of clothing was stolen from the shop.
a great quantity (=more formal than 'large')
The Romans imported a great quantity of sculpture from Greece.
a vast/huge/enormous quantity
Computers can handle vast quantities of data.
a considerable/substantial quantity (=a large or fairly large amount)
Dolphins need to eat considerable quantities of food.
a sufficient quantity (=enough)
How did they obtain sufficient quantities of food to survive?
a small quantity
Remove a small quantity of butter from the fridge.
a tiny quantity (=very small)
This truly great wine is only made in tiny quantities.
a minute quantity (=extremely small)
The rock contains minute quantities of copper.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

amount how much of something there is:
Try to reduce the amount of fat in your diet.
a tiny amount of poison
quantity a particular amount of food, liquid, or another substance that can be measured – used especially in written descriptions and instructions:
Make sure that you add the right quantity of milk.
They buy the wood in large quantities.
volume the amount of something such as business activity or traffic, especially when this is large or increasing:
The volume of traffic on our roads has risen sharply.
the huge volume of trade with China
level the exact amount of something at one time, which can go up or down at other times:
They measured the level of alcohol in his blood.
There is a high level of unemployment.
proportion the amount of something, compared with the whole amount that exists:
the proportion of road accidents caused by drunk drivers
A high proportion of the students were from poor families.
quota a maximum amount of something that can be produced, sold, brought into a country etc:
import quotas on Japanese cars
yield /jiːld/ the amount of something that is produced, especially crops:
this year’s cotton yield
flat on one level, without any holes or raised areas, and not sloping or curving:
a flat roof
a flat screen
Before you lay the tiles, make sure that the ground is completely flat.
smooth without any holes or raised areas – used especially when saying how something feels when you touch it:
her lovely smooth skin
I ran my hand across the animal’s smooth fur.
even without any holes or raised areas:
Apply the paint to an even surface.
Be careful – the path is not very even here.
horizontal going straight across and not sloping:
a horizontal line
Raise both arms to a horizontal position.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

quantity
ˈkwɔntɪtɪ
See: unknown quantity

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲