Quantities - English meaning

noun

A whole formed by combining several separate elements.

Usage examples:

The council was an aggregate of three regional assemblies

adjective

Formed or calculated by the combination of several separate elements; total.

Usage examples:

The aggregate amount of grants made

verb

Form or group into a class or cluster.

Usage examples:

Socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

noun

A region or part of a town, a country, or the world.

Usage examples:

Rural areas of britain

noun

A part of the earth’s surface of land and water, or a particular part of a country, city, town, etc.

Usage examples:

An industrial/suburban/mountainous area, this area of the brain is called the cerebral cortex., his…

noun

A particular part of a place, piece of land, or country

Usage examples:

This is an area of the city where 48% of the properties are rental properties., our goal is to grow…

noun

The mass or size of something large.

Usage examples:

Residents jump up and down on their rubbish to reduce its bulk

verb

Treat (a product) so that its quantity appears greater than it is.

Usage examples:

Traders were bulking up their flour with chalk

noun

Something or someone that is very large

Usage examples:

She eased her large bulk out of the chair.

noun

A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone.

Usage examples:

A consignment of drugs

noun

An amount of goods that is sent somewhere

Usage examples:

Consignment of the most recent consignment of cloth was faulty.

noun

If goods are on consignment, the person or company that receives them will only pay for them after they have been sold

Usage examples:

He refuses to ship goods on consignment.

noun

The size or frequency of a dose of a medicine or drug.

Usage examples:

A dosage of 450 milligrams a day

noun

A measured amount of a medicine

Usage examples:

He needed a high dosage to do any good.

noun

The amount of medicine that you should take at one time

Usage examples:

"what's the dosage?" "one spoonful three times a day.", recommended dosage do not exceed the recomm…

noun

A quantity of a medicine or drug taken or recommended to be taken at a particular time.

Usage examples:

He took a dose of cough mixture

verb

Administer a dose to (a person or animal).

Usage examples:

He dosed himself with vitamins

noun

A measured amount of a drug

Usage examples:

She was given large doses of a powerful antibiotic., stories of dramatic cancer cures should be tak…

noun

A wide continuous area of something.

Usage examples:

The green expanse of the forest

noun

A very wide space or area

Usage examples:

The vast expanse of russia

noun

A large, open area of land, water, or sky

Usage examples:

Expanse of the great plains are a broad expanse of grassland., vast expanse vast expanses of sand a…

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

Area or length; amount

Usage examples:

The extent of we don't yet know the extent of his injuries (= how bad his injuries are)., the full …

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

The measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object.

Usage examples:

The delta is twenty kilometres in length

combining form

Reaching up to or down to the place specified.

Usage examples:

Knee-length

noun

The measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side, or a measurement of a particular part of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] a length of rope, [ u ] the boat is 20 feet in length., [ u ] the length of the poem was 30 l…

noun

A heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.

Usage examples:

In addition to their own food, they must carry a load of up to eighty pounds

verb

Fill (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) with a large amount of something.

Usage examples:

They go to calais to load up their vans with cheap beer

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

An arithmetical value, expressed by a word, symbol, or figure, representing a particular quantity and used in counting and making calculations.

Usage examples:

Think of a number from one to ten and multiply it by three

verb

Amount to (a specified figure or quantity); comprise.

Usage examples:

The demonstrators numbered more than 5,000

noun

A unit or its symbol that forms part of a system of counting and calculating, and that represents an amount or position in a series

Usage examples:

You can write numbers in words, such as six, seven, and eight, or with symbols, such as 6, 7, and 8…

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

noun

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Usage examples:

The proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising

verb

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

Usage examples:

A life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

noun

A part or share of the whole, or the relationship between one thing and another in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

[ c ] the proportion of the population that is over 65 has been growing., [ pl ] the occurrence of …

noun

A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.

Usage examples:

This excess energy is emitted in quanta of electromagnetic radiation (photons of light) that have e…

noun

The smallest amount of energy that can be measured

noun

An amount of something

Usage examples:

Quantum of sth earnings depend on the quantum of work done by you., during this period, the quantum…

noun

A fixed share of something that a person or group is entitled to receive or is bound to contribute.

Usage examples:

The county is falling short of its quota of blood donations

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

A particular amount of money.

Usage examples:

They could not afford such a sum

verb

Find the sum of (two or more amounts).

Usage examples:

If we sum these equations we obtain x

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

noun

A book forming part of a work or series.

Usage examples:

A biography of george bernard shaw in three volumes

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers