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Definition of qualitative adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

qualitative

adjective
 
/ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv/
 
/ˈkwɑːlɪteɪtɪv/
[usually before noun]
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  1. connected with what something is like or how good it is, rather than with how much of it there is
    • qualitative analysis/research
    • There are qualitative differences between the two products.
    compare quantitative
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQualitative is used with these nouns:
    • analysis
    • change
    • difference
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin qualitativus, from Latin qualitas (translating Greek poiotēs), from qualis ‘of what kind, of such a kind’.
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sufficiently
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