Definition of
quantitative has definitions from the field of verse
1
[ adjective ] expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement

Examples

"export wheat without quantitative limitations" "quantitative analysis determines the amounts and proportions of the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"

Used in print

(John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)

In the future , quantitative demand will be greater because of the expansion of the economy , and the qualitative need will be greater still .

Related terms

qualitative valued numeric three-figure quantifiable decimal three-figure vicenary duodecimal decimal

2
[ adjective ] relating to the measurement of quantity

Examples

"quantitative studies"

Related terms

quantity

3
[ adjective ] (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables

Examples

"in typical Greek and Latin verse of the classical period the rhymic system is based on some arrangement of long and short elements"

Related terms

accentual syllabic

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Rhymes with

alliterative rehabilitative meditative qualitative imitative authoritative iterative facultative vegetative cognitive innovative prognosticative investigative appreciative administrative detective additive elucidative accommodative innovative cognitive hypersensitive sensitive insensitive fugitive accumulative prognosticative innovative manipulative stimulative creative investigative regulative native deliberative collaborative cooperative protective inattentive alliterative legislative innovative native commemorative attentive inquisitive definitive competitive repetitive infinitive derivative primitive receptive unreceptive deceptive redemptive protective directive preventive ineffective defective preemptive receptive adjective distinctive instinctive nonnative probative elective effective directive preventive prohibitive descriptive redemptive initiative nonnative respective seductive furtive remunerative eruptive interactive unrepresentative inventive argumentative infective addictive representative disincentive alternative congestive preventative reflective tentative invective incentive restrictive instinctive initiative primitive unimaginative vindictive distributive predictive substantive distinctive acquisitive determinative derivative demonstrative nutritive indicative reactive intuitive respective palliative contraceptive restive festive corruptive inactive illustrative figurative effective negative narrative tentative diminutive eruptive perceptive disruptive inoperative vituperative plaintive uncooperative operative recuperative productive conductive connective automotive photoconductive perspective communicative deliberative collective selective punitive introspective assertive directive corrective remunerative relative directive negative narrative sedative active octave motive tentative argumentative interactive instructive competitive comparative imperative superlative preventative hyperactive congestive representative preservative uncompetitive fixative suggestive attractive rep exploitative conservative exhaustive constructive subjective overactive consultative affective destructive obstructive objective unattractive neoconservative noncompetitive reconstructive ultraconservative unrepresentative putative secretive affirmative

Phonetic and Homophones

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quantitatively quantity_unit

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