quantity

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
noun an adequate or large amount
noun the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

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

Eating food in large quantities. — The Insect Folk, Morley, Margaret Warner
Break was a more uncertain quantity. — Mike and Psmith, Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
The range was an unknown quantity, of course. — The man who saved New York, Ray Cummings

measure, amount

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