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Quantity
Destination C1 &C2 Vocabulary Unit 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abundant | existing or available in large quantities |
| ample | enough, and often more than you need |
| area | a place on the surface of something such as a part of your body |
| average (adj) | around a usual or ordinary level or standard |
| average (adj) | not very good |
| average (adj) | calculated by adding a group of numbers together and dividing the total by the amount of numbers |
| average (n) | the amount, level, standard etc that is typical of a group of people or things |
| average (n) | an amount that is calculated by adding several numbers together and dividing the total by the original number of things you added together |
| batch (n) | a number of things or people that arrive or are dealt with at the same time |
| batch (v) | to group things together |
| bulk (n) | something that is very large, wide and solid |
| bulk (n) | the majority or largest part of something |
| bulk (n) | if something is bought or sold in bulk, it is bought or sold in large quantities |
| considerable | large in size, amount or degree |
| countless | very many, especially more than you think is reasonable |
| dimension | a part of a situation, especially when it influences the way you think about the situation |
| diminish (v) | to become less |
| diminish (v) | to make something become less |
| equation (n) | a statement in mathematics that two sets of numbers or expressions are equal |
| equation (n) | all the different aspects that you have to consider in a situation |
| equidistant | at the same distance from two places |
| expand | to become or make larger in size and fill more space |
| extent (n) | the importance of a problem or situation |
| extent (n) | the degree to which something happens or is likely to happen |
| extent (n) | the size or area of something |
| finite | existing only in limited numbers or amounts or continuing only for a limited time or distance |
| force (n) | physical strength or violence |
| force (n) | the influence or powerful effect that someone has |
| force (n) | a power that makes an object move or changes the way it moves |
| force (v) | to make someone do something that they do not want to do, for example by using threatening to use violence |
| force (v) | to use physical force to move something in a praticular direction |
| fraction | a small part or amount of something |
| fraction | a division or part of a whole number, for example 1/2 or 3/4 |
| heap (n) | a large pile of something, especially an untidy pile |
| heap (v) | to make a big untidy pile of things |
| imbalance | a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal or fair |
| immense | extremely large |
| intensity | strength |
| magnitude | great size, importance or effect |
| major | important, serious, large or great |
| mass | a large quantity or number |
| mass | the amount of physical matter an object contains |
| meagre | smaller or less than you want or need |
| minor | not very important in comparison with people or things of the same type |
| minute | very small |
| multiple (adj) | involving or consisting of many people, things or parts |
| multiple (n) | a number that you can divide by a smaller number an exact number of times |
| proportion | a quantity of something that is a part or share of the whole |
| quantify | to measure or describe something as a quantity |
| rate (n) | the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time |
| rate (n) | the speed at which something happens within a particular period of time |
| rate (v) | to consider that someone or something has a particular quality or has achieved a particular standard or level |
| ratio | a relationship between two things expressed as two numbers or amounts |
| ration (n) | a limited amount of something, especially food, that you are allowed to have, for example when there is not much available or when someone else is controlling it Synonyms and related words |
| ration (v) | to control the supply of something such as food so that people are allowed only a fixed amount |
| shrink | to become or make something smaller in size |
| sufficient | as much as is needed |
| sum | an amount of money |
| sum | a simple calculation |
| uneven | not regular in terms of size, length, quality or quantity |
| vast | extremely large |
| volume | an amount of something |
| volume | the amount of space something takes or can be filled with |
| widespread | happening or existing in many places, or affecting many people |
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