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quantifiers

Pronunciation: [ˈkwɒn.tɪ.faɪ.ərz]

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Context: "grammar"

(noun) words that tell us how much or how many of something there is. For example, words like 'some', 'all', 'many', and 'few' help us describe amounts in a sentence.

Example

She has many friends who help her when she needs it.

Example

He doesn’t have any cookies left in the jar.

Example

How many books do you have in your backpack?

Context: "mathematics"

(noun) terms used in statements to express the quantity of a set or group. Like when we say 'for all' or 'there exists' in math, we are talking about the quantity of things.

Example

In our math class, we learned that there exists a solution for every equation.

Example

There is no number that is both even and odd at the same time.

Example

Are there any numbers that can be both prime and composite?

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