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

quantitative

adjective
 
/ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/
 
/ˈkwɑːntəteɪtɪv/
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  1. connected with the amount or number of something rather than with how good it is
    • quantitative analysis/research
    • There is no difference between the two in quantitative terms.
    compare qualitative
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuantitative is used with these nouns:
    • analysis
    • assessment
    • change
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘having magnitude’): from medieval Latin quantitativus, from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs), from quantus ‘how great, how much’.
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sufficiently
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