quantifier

Meanings

Plural: quantifiers

Noun

• (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition
• (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')
• A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun.
• 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.
• A symbol or symbols in a regular expression indicating the number of characters to be matched.

Synonyms

logical quantifier, quantifier

Related Words

a great deal of, a great many, a lot of, all, all but one, almost all, almost everywhere, almost no, almost no one, almost nothing, almost nowhere, 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, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 4. Unsubstantiality, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 78. Generality, at few places, at many places, at most places, at some places, by everyone, by many people, by no one, by some people, calculus, commonly, commonness, complete, each, each and every, empty, every, every last, every single, everybody, everyone, everything, everywhere, few, few things, finitely many, five, four, frequency, full, generally, great majority, hardly any, hardly anyone, hardly anything, hardly anywhere, incomplete, infinitely many, innumerable, large majority, large minority, majority, many, many people, many things, minority, more than half of, most, most people, most things, much, multiple, nearly all, nearly everyone, nearly everything, never, no, no one, nobody, non-empty, none, nothing, nowhere, number, one, overwhelming majority, plain majority, quantification, quantify, quantity, several, size, small minority, some, some people, some things, sometimes, substantial minority, the better part of, the greater part of, the majority of, the majority of people, three, tiny minority, transfinitely many, two, universally, usually, vast majority, widely, zero, zillion, ∀, ∃