quantifier
nounUS /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/
Etymology From quantify + -er.
1
Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
2
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences 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
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.
- Synonyms
- quantifier
- Derived terms
- existential quantifier, quant, quantifier elimination, self-quantifier, universal quantifier
- Related terms
111 terms
quantification, quantify, quantity, number, calculus, frequency, commonness, size, each and every, every single, every last, all, every, each, all but one, nearly all, almost all, most, more than half of, the majority of, a great many, many, several, some, few, multiple, hardly any, almost no, no, none, transfinitely many, infinitely many, finitely many, a lot of, the better part of, the greater part of, a great deal of, much, ∀, ∃, zero, one, two, three, four, five, innumerable, zillion, full, non-empty, empty, complete, incomplete, by everyone, universally, generally, widely, commonly, usually, by many people, sometimes, by some people, by no one, never, everyone, everybody, nearly everyone, the majority of people, most people, many people, some people, hardly anyone, almost no one, no one, nobody, everywhere, almost everywhere, at most places, at many places, at some places, at few places, almost nowhere, hardly anywhere, nowhere, everything, nearly everything, most things, many things, few things, some things, hardly anything, almost nothing, nothing, overwhelming majority, vast majority, great majority, large majority, majority, plain majority, large minority, substantial minority, minority, small minority, tiny minority, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 4. Unsubstantiality, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 78. Generality, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 100. Plurality, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 101. Zero, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 102. Multitude, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 103. Fewness, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 105. Infinity- Hypernyms
- determiner