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# quantitative

«quantitative» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with amounts or numbers, things you can measure or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (quantitative) — formal

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with amounts or numbers, things you can measure or count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#m1)

2) Quantitative data: information in numbers, like heights, times or temperatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths, quantitative data are measured numbers (the plant grew 5 cm), while qualitative data are descriptions (the leaves turned yellow). Exam voice: «Give a quantitative answer» = give a number with a unit.

### examples

- Measuring the height of plants gives quantitative data. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x1)
- «It is 22 degrees» is quantitative; «it is warm» is qualitative. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x2)
- Use quantitative data to draw a bar chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x3)
- The survey had quantitative questions, like «How many pets do you have?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x4)
- Scientists prefer quantitative results they can compare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x5)
- Give a quantitative answer with units. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/#x6)

### note

Spelled quanti-ta-tive (three syllables in the middle: quan-ti-ta-tive); a common misspelling is «quantitive». Opposite pair: qualitative. Linked: quantity.

### In the corpora

- ["Quantitative easing" means the central bank (the country's own bank, in charge of its money) creating new money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quantitative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantitative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.