word-vault/dist/data/cards/qu/quantity.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "quantity",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount or a number of something",
            "sensetop": "quantity of somethingin… quantities in… quantity",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **large/small quantity** of something",
                    "contextForm": "quantity of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**vast/huge quantities** of food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "enormous/massive/considerable/substantial quantities of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a product that is cheap to produce **in large quantities**",
                    "contextForm": "in… quantities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lamb is consumed in large quantities in rural areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is it available in sufficient quantity?",
                    "contextForm": "in… quantity"
                },
                {
                    "text": "copious quantities of whipped cream"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "great"],
                "preposition": ["in quantity", "quantity of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the measurement of something by saying how much of it there is",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The data is limited in terms of both quality and quantity."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "great"],
                "preposition": ["in quantity", "quantity of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a large amount or number of something",
            "sensetop": "quantity of somethingin quantity",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police found a quantity of stolen cash at his home.",
                    "contextForm": "quantity of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt daunted by the quantity of books she was expected to read for the course."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their latest album isn't selling in anything like the quantities that their first one did."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A quantity of jewellery was taken during the burglary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's cheaper to buy goods in quantity.",
                    "contextForm": "in quantity"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "enormous", "great"],
                "preposition": ["in quantity", "quantity of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing whose qualities or abilities are not yet known",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwɒntəti/",
                "audio": "qu/quantity/quantity__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwɑːntəti/",
                "audio": "qu/quantity/quantity__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French quantite, from Latin quantitas (translating Greek posotēs), from quantus ‘how great, how much’."
}