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hoeveelheid — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amount noun A quantity of something, especially something that can't easily be counted as separate units.
  • mass noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
  • measure verb To find the size, amount, or degree of something using an instrument or standard.
  • number noun A value used to count, measure, or label something.
  • quantity noun An amount of something that can be measured or counted.

Senses

hoeveelheid is used for these senses in English:

  • amount The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
  • amount A quantity or volume.
  • measure An (unspecified) portion or quantity. [from 16th c.]
  • number (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
  • quantity A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
  • quantity A specific measured amount.

amount — full definition

  1. noun A quantity of something, especially something that can't easily be counted as separate units.
  2. verb To add up to, or be equivalent to, a certain total or level of significance.

mass — full definition

  1. noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
  2. noun In physics, a measure of how much matter an object contains, and its resistance to acceleration.
  3. noun A large number of people, or ordinary people as a whole.
  4. adj Involving or affecting a very large number of people or things.
  5. noun The Eucharist service in Roman Catholic and some other Christian traditions.

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