Quantity

Definition of quantity:

part of speech: noun

Quantitative.

part of speech: noun

Amount; bulk; portion; measure.

part of speech: noun

That property of anything that enables it to be increased or reduced; any uncertain bulk, weight, or number; a large portion, sum, or mass; the sound given to a syllable, as long or short; anything that can be increased, divided, or measured.

Usage examples for quantity:

• Then he reached over; and a moment later the form of a man was seen to rise from a quantity of hay which filled the body. "Taken by the Enemy", Oliver Optic.

• I am not going to look out any more words, says he; we've done the quantity "Tom Brown's School Days", Thomas Hughes.

• Also, in it were what the prince desired to see- a quantity of living creatures, wild and tame. "The Little Lame Prince And: The Invisible Prince; Prince Cherry; The Prince With The Nose The Frog-Prince; Clever Alice", Miss Mulock--Pseudonym of Maria Dinah Craik.