quantifiable

adjective

quan·​ti·​fi·​a·​ble ˌkwän-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 

: able to be expressed as an amount, quantity, or numerical value : capable of being quantified

quantifiable risks/benefits

There's a school of thought in Hollywood that good comedy is quantifiable, that you can measure a successful script or pilot on a punchlines-per-page or laughs-per-minute basis.

—Daniel Fienberg

These companies are ranked based on their score in Entrepreneur's 2016 Franchise 500, which is determined by objective, quantifiable criteria, including system size, growth and financial strength and stability.

—Tracy Stapp Herold

quantifiably

ˌkwän-tə-ˈfī-ə-blē 

adverb

Those who offer medical care to the children of poverty find themselves using their research projects to demonstrate that poverty is not only damaging, but quantifiably damaging to infants and children, searching for specific indices of growth and development, individual health and family function, which will allow them to measure the parameters of growing up at the bottom of our society.

—Perri Klass

Examples of quantifiable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike price sensitivity, which reflects perception and is qualitative, price elasticity reflects behavior and is a quantifiable measure of how demand responds to price changes. —Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025

Decision-making frameworks came to prioritize quantifiable data, pushing emotional intelligence to the margins. —Nancy Zamierowski, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

The Pauls have, to this point, achieved a fame that is quantifiable in view count. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025

Yet short-term, quantifiable metrics like sales and revenue are often prioritized over the long-term, intangible benefits PR provides in terms of reputation management and brand trust. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above