qualitative
pronunciation
How to pronounce qualitative in British English:
UK [ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv]
How to pronounce qualitative in American English:
US [ˈkwɑːlɪteɪtɪv]
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- Adjective:
- involving distinctions based on qualities
- relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities
Word Origin
- qualitative (adj.)
- early 15c., "that produces a (physical) quality," from Medieval Latin qualitativus "relating to quality," from stem of Latin qualitas "a quality, property, nature" (see quality). Meaning "concerned with quality" is from c. 1600 in English, from French qualitatif or Medieval Latin qualitativus. Related: Qualitatively.
Example
- 1. Monetary policy in china is not qualitative but quantitative .
- 2. Here we are speaking primarily of the qualitative limit .
- 3. Much of the story is qualitative rather than quantitative .
- 4. Such qualitative research can be arduous and the results messy .
- 5. Intensity of a qualitative and quantitative criteria .