1. words or phrases that express quantity or amount, such as ‘some,’ ‘many,’ ‘few,’ or ‘all’
Usage: grammar; linguistics
2. symbols or expressions in logic and mathematics that specify the quantity of specimens in a domain
Usage: logic; mathematics

Examples

• Students learned about quantifiers like ‘much’ and ‘many’ in their grammar lesson.
• The teacher explained that quantifiers help specify how much or how many of something we’re talking about.
• Common quantifiers include ‘some,’ ‘any,’ ‘few,’ ‘several,’ and ‘most.’
• In logic, universal and existential quantifiers are fundamental concepts.
• The mathematician used quantifiers to express the relationship between variables.
• English learners often struggle with choosing the correct quantifiers for countable and uncountable nouns.