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Words used to describe amounts or quantities

sheer

adjective

used for emphasizing the amount or degree of something

underlying

adjective

an underlying number or amount shows what the true amount or level of something is

quantifiable

adjective

capable of being measured or described as a quantity

daily

adjective

a daily amount or rate is the amount or rate for one day

even

adjective

equal in amount

quantitative

adjective

involving amounts, or involving measuring things as amounts

at a time

used for saying how many people or things there are in each group or on each occasion

for all

considering how large or small an amount is

scalar

adjective

used for describing a quantity that has size but no direction, for example area

fully

adverb

used for emphasizing the size, number, or amount of something

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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