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quantitative

/ˈkwɑn.təˌteɪ.tɪv/adjective4 syllables

Quantitative means: expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement.

Synonyms for quantitative11

adjective, as in expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

decimal, denary, duodecimal, numeric, numerical, quantifiable, three-figure, valued, vicenary

also used for quantitative

nonqualitative, unqualitative

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Opposites of quantitative

qualitative, syllabic, accentual

What does quantitative mean?3

adjective

1

expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement“export wheat without quantitative limitations”

2

relating to the measurement of quantity“quantitative studies”

3

(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables“The medieval transition from classical quantitative verse to accentual verse”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Quantitative in a sentence

  • The approach is worthwhile, but there is a serious lack of stringent quantitative evaluation.Babelball
  • Quantitative clinical data follow a wide range of distributions.JFMorais
  • Latin poetry used quantitative verse during the life of the language.shekitten
  • There are added political risks to quantitative easing in the eurozone, said Brooks.Cangarejo
  • To be considered as a scale, the construct under consideration should be a continuum, with quantitative units.JFMorais
  • After graduating, Johnson plans to intern at D.E. Shaw Group this summer as a hybrid quantitative researcher.Hybrid

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