quantitative

UK: /ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/ US: /ˈkwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv/ ,(kwon′ti tā′tiv)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

quan•ti•ta•tive /ˈkwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv/   adj. 

1. being or capable of being measured by quantity.
2. of or relating to the measuring of quantity:
   quantitative analysis.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

quan•ti•ta•tive  (kwon′ti tā′tiv), adj. 

1. that is or may be estimated by quantity.
2. of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.
3. Poetry 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.
4. Phonetics of or pertaining to the length of a spoken vowel or consonant.

• Medieval Latin quantitātīvus, equivalent. to Latin quantitāt- (stem of quantitās) quantity + -īvus -ive
• 1575–85

quan′ti•ta′tive•ly, quan′ti•tive•ly, adv. 
quan′ti•ta′tive•ness, quan′ti•tive•ness, n. 

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quantitative / ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv -ˌteɪ-/, quantitive adjective

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

ˈquantitatively, ˈquantitively adverb