Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

known quantity

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: known quan-ti-ty
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or thing whose nature or value is well known.

Example Sentences

"We try to hire people who are a known quantity in the field of human interface design."

Inflected Forms

known quantities (plural)

Antonyms

unknown quantity

Questions

What does known quantity mean?: A person or thing whose nature or value is well known.

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