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:
   magnitude, 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. Chuck Schumer:

   On a bill of this magnitude, this process takes time and patience, timing of consideration of the BBBA in the Senate will largely depend on when Democratic House sends us the bill and when CBO finalizes their scores for all of the committees, which are needed to complete the' Byrd Bath' process.

2. Jonathan Thompson:

   They're overwhelmed, they're overwhelmed trying to bring dead bodies and the remains of illegal aliens that are found in the desert. They're overwhelmed in their communities with human services shortfalls. They're overwhelmed with crime response. And they're overwhelmed with just the sheer magnitude of things that need to happen to help care for people.

3. Rao Gupta:

   Determining the magnitude of female genital mutilation is essential to eliminating the practice, when governments collect and publish national statistics on FGM they are better placed to understand the extent of the issue and accelerate efforts to protect the rights of millions of girls and women.

4. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda:

   Women and girls continue to bear the brunt of sustained attacks on innocent civilians, victims of rapes are asking themselves how many more women should be brutally attacked for this council to appreciate the magnitude of their plight.

5. Chris Griffiths:

   Although changes of this magnitude are unlikely to cause problems in healthy children, we urgently need to know whether these lung deficits will impact lung function and health in later life.