quantitative

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
  2. adjective relating to the measurement of quantity
  3. adjective (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

Etymology

From Late Latin quantitātīvus. By surface analysis, quantity + -ative.

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