quantities
SayKWON-ti-teezUS/ˈkwɑntɪtiz/UK/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.tiz/
- 1Plural of quantity.
Large quantities of grain were shipped overseas before the harvest ended.
The lab carefully recorded the quantities of each chemical used.
Note
The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant before a final y: quantity becomes quantities, as city becomes cities. Only the countable uses take this plural: specific measured amounts, the measurable properties of a physical body or substance, and the large amounts in phrases like quantities of grain. When quantity means amount in general, as in quality over quantity, it stays singular.
quantities is a form of quantity
quantity, noun: An amount of something whose exact size is left unstated. Full entry
- Forms
- quantityquantities plural
- Spelling
- quantity → quantities: change y to i, add -es
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