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quantifier.

A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/General-American/ˈkwɑn.tə.faɪ.ɚ/General-American
  1. A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.

  2. An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

  3. A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.? Proto-Italic *kʷāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English quantifier From quantify + -er.

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