involving or relating to considerations of amount or size
Compare qualitativecapable of being measured 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
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quan•ti•ta•tive /ˈkwɑntɪˌteɪtɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- being or capable of being measured by quantity.
- of or relating to the measuring of quantity:quantitative analysis.
quan•ti•ta•tive
(kwon′ti tā′tiv),USA pronunciation adj.
quan′ti•ta′tive•ly, quan′ti•tive•ly, adv.
quan′ti•ta′tive•ness, quan′ti•tive•ness, n.
- that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- of or pertaining to the describing or measuring of quantity.
- Poetryof 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.
- Phoneticsof 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•ness, quan′ti•tive•ness, n.
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