an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice')
<noun.communication>

descriptive adjective

qualifying adjective

involving distinctions based on qualities
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

qualitative

sample sentences

"qualitative change"
"qualitative data"
"qualitative analysis determines the chemical constituents of a substance or mixture"

relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
<adj.pert>

qualitative

the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements
<noun.act>

chemical analysis

qualitative analysis

in a qualitative manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

qualitatively

sample sentences

"this discoloration qualitatively suggests that the substance is low in inorganic iron"

of high social status
<adj.all>

quality

sample sentences

"people of quality"
"a quality family"

of superior grade
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

choice

prime

prize

quality

select

sample sentences

"choice wines"
"prime beef"
"prize carnations"
"quality paper"
"select peaches"

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 42

quality

sample sentences

"the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

a degree or grade of excellence or worth
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caliber

calibre

quality

sample sentences

"the quality of students has risen"
"an executive of low caliber"

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

character

lineament

quality

sample sentences

"each town has a quality all its own"
"the radical character of our demands"

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

quality

timber

timbre

tone

sample sentences

"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"
"the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

high social status
<noun.state>

quality

sample sentences

"a man of quality"

maintenance of standards of quality of manufactured goods
<noun.act>

quality control

your personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material comfort)
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quality of life

sample sentences

"the new art museum is expected to improve the quality of life"

uneasiness about the fitness of an action
<noun.feeling>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

misgiving

qualm

scruple

a mild state of nausea
<noun.state>

qualm

queasiness

squeamishness

any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
<noun.plant>

camas

camash

camass

camosh

quamash

red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
<noun.food>

native peach

quandang

quandong

quantong

Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
<noun.plant>

Eucarya acuminata

Fusanus acuminatus

quandang

quandong

quandong tree

state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

dilemma

quandary

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 1

plight

predicament

quandary

sample sentences

"finds himself in a most awkward predicament"
"the woeful plight of homeless people"

red Australian fruit; used for dessert or in jam
<noun.food>

native peach

quandang

quandong

quantong

Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
<noun.plant>

Brisbane quandong

Elaeocarpus grandis

blue fig

quandong

quandong tree

silver quandong tree

the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
<noun.plant>

blue fig

quandong

Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
<noun.plant>

Eucarya acuminata

Fusanus acuminatus

quandang

quandong

quandong tree

edible nutlike seed of the quandong fruit
<noun.food>

quandong nut

Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
<noun.plant>

Brisbane quandong

Elaeocarpus grandis

blue fig

quandong

quandong tree

silver quandong tree

Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
<noun.plant>

Eucarya acuminata

Fusanus acuminatus

quandang

quandong

quandong tree

a quasi nongovernmental organization; an organization that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government
<noun.group>

quango

quasi-NGO

of or relating to a quantum or capable of existing in only one of two states
<adj.pert>

quantal

quantized

a homogeneous polynomial having at least two variables
<noun.cognition>

quantic

the quality of being measurable
<noun.attribute>

measurability

quantifiability

capable of being quantified
<adj.all>

quantifiable

the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something
<noun.act>

quantification

a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no')
<noun.cognition>

quantification

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
<noun.communication>

quantifier

(logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
<noun.communication>

logical quantifier

quantifier

express as a number or measure or quantity
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 20

measure

quantify

sample sentences

"Can you quantify your results?"

use as a quantifier
<verb.change>

quantify

the act of dividing into quanta or expressing in terms of quantum theory
<noun.act>

quantisation

quantization

apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor
<verb.cognition>

quantise

quantize

sample sentences

"Quantize gravity"

approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
<verb.cognition>

quantise

quantize

expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

quantitative

sample sentences

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

(of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables
<adj.all>

quantitative

sample sentences

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

relating to the measurement of quantity
<adj.pert>

quantitative

sample sentences

"quantitative studies"

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
<noun.act>

quantitative analysis

quantitative chemical analysis

chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
<noun.act>

quantitative analysis

quantitative chemical analysis

a relation between magnitudes
<noun.relation>

magnitude relation

quantitative relation

in a quantitative manner
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

quantitatively

sample sentences

"this can be expressed quantitatively"