Synonyms for magnitude
ˈmæg nɪˌtud, -ˌtyudmag·ni·tude

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1. magnitudenoun

   the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

   "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"

   Synonyms:
   order of magnitude

2. order of magnitude, magnitudenoun

   a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

   Synonyms:
   order of magnitude, order

3. magnitudenoun

   relative importance

   "a problem of the first magnitude"

   Synonyms:
   order of magnitude

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1. • Importance
   • Property
   • Ratio

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1. magnitudenoun

   Synonyms:
   size, bulk, volume, extent, dimension, CAPACITY

2. magnitudenoun

   Synonyms:
   greatness, importance

3. magnitudenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Math.) quantity

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1. List of paraphrases for "magnitude":

   scale, amplitude, extent, size, greatness, grandeur, scope, breadth, enormity, importance, seriousness, gravity, volume, severity, degree, vastness, depth

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1. Shinichiro Kadota:

   ECB's QE continues to take a toll on the euro. Euro zone bond yields were thought to have mostly priced in the QE launch beforehand, but the magnitude of their decline has shown that such expectations were premature.

2. Neal Froneman:

   Magnitude 2 events we have all the time, it's not unusual and these events generally happen on seismically active structures.

3. Caleb Alexander:

   The interventions are needed along the continuum here – from manufacturers to end-users. This is important to keep in mind given the magnitude of addiction, injuries and deaths.

4. Harold Tobin:

   Blanco Fracture zone quakes are strike-slip( lateral motions of the crustal blocks on either side, rather than up-down displacement), so it is very unlikely for them to pose a tsunami threat, even if a bigger quake happened, like a magnitude 7.0 for example.

5. Bill Adams:

   I expect Federal Reserve to signal another half-percentage-point hike is likely at their next decision in June, and that additional hikes — probably no specifics on the number or magnitude — are coming in the second half of the year, federal Reserve wants short-term interest rates to get back to a level that is at least neutral -- meaning neither adding or subtracting to growth -- as fast as possible without causing turmoil in financial markets.