quantify

[ kwon-tuh-fahy ]

/ ˈkwɒn təˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing.

to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.

Logic. to make explicit the quantity of (a proposition).

to give quantity to (something regarded as having only quality).

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Origin of quantify

First recorded in 1830–40; from Medieval Latin quantificāre, equivalent to Latin quant(us) “how much” + -ificāre -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM quantify

quan·ti·fi·a·ble

[kwon-tuh-fahy-uh-bil], /ˌkwɒn təˈfaɪ ə bɪl/, adjectivequan·ti·fi·ca·tion

[kwon-tuh-fuh-key-shuhn], /ˌkwɒn tə fəˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounun·quan·ti·fied, adjective

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How to use quantify in a sentence

One way to stay on track is to quantify progress where possible.
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Of course, it’s hard to define fuzzy traits like positivity—and it’s an even more Herculean task to train an AI model to objectively quantify and measure them.
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It’s easy enough to quantify, in terms of military budgets and deployment costs.
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County spokeswoman Sarah Sweeney said it is too soon to quantify the longer-term impacts of 2020 on the fund.
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While previous studies have suggested that dolphins learn from peers, this study is the first to quantify the importance of social networks over other factors, says Sonja Wild, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Konstanz in Germany.
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But does the ability to quantify our babies take away from the natural process of parenting?
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He came back, and within years, Dutch East India was doing business, because they could then quantify the risk.
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The passage contradicts the knee-jerk reaction which wants to quantify suffering.
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But the industry was able to quantify the gains it would reap in injuries avoided and lives saved if they were mandatory.
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Though difficult to quantify, this generational factor hurt Mitt Romney last year.
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They quantify economic expectations, legal provisions, and tax consequences.
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Skim the fat from the gravy, which should be thickened by shaking in a very small quantify of flour.
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The degree of illiteracy is difficult to quantify, but the result is easy to notice.
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British Dictionary definitions for quantify

quantify

/ (ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to discover or express the quantity of

logic to specify the quantity of (a term) by using a quantifier, such as all, some, or no

Derived forms of quantify

quantifiable, adjectivequantification, noun

Word Origin for quantify

C19: from Medieval Latin quantificāre, from Latin quantus how much + facere to make

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