quantify
verb
quan·ti·fy
ˈkwän-tə-ˌfī 
quantified; quantifying
1
a(1)
: to limit by a quantifier
(2)
: to bind by prefixing a quantifier
b
: to make explicit the logical quantity of
2
: to determine, express, or measure the quantity of
Examples of quantify in a Sentence
It is difficult to quantify intelligence.
Doctors have quantified the risks of smoking cigarettes.
It is impossible to quantify the number of websites on the Internet.
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That’s according to a new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) which quantifies the carbon, water, and land footprints of AI's electricity use around the globe.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 3 June 2026
That’s hard to quantify, but that’s of value.
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Only 2 percent of investments have gone to circular businesses, according to estimates in the Circularity Gap Report Finance in 2025, the world’s first empirical study that quantified the financial streams to circular business models.
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The purpose of naming these users is not to claim that each bears the same cost; the costs differ in kind and magnitude, and some are far easier to quantify than others.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 3 June 2026
That’s hard to quantify, but that’s of value.
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Only 2 percent of investments have gone to circular businesses, according to estimates in the Circularity Gap Report Finance in 2025, the world’s first empirical study that quantified the financial streams to circular business models.
—Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
The purpose of naming these users is not to claim that each bears the same cost; the costs differ in kind and magnitude, and some are far easier to quantify than others.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for quantify
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantify. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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