Definition of quantify
quantified
;quantifying
transitive verb
1a (1) : to limit by a quantifier (2) : to bind by prefixing a quantifierb : to make explicit the logical quantity of
2 : to determine, express, or measure the quantity of
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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 Web sites on the Internet.
Recent Examples of quantify from the Web
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But the impact of education on brain health is very difficult to quantify.
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Unfortunately, the benefits were practically impossible to quantify and the FAA was scant on releasing any other information regarding statistics related to public safety.
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As far as celebrating kelp as a carbon sink or a buffer to mitigate ocean acidification, Oceans Alaska and The Nature Conservancy are partnering to investigate and quantify those environmental benefits.
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So many were taken in that the department is considering weighing what is collected each year to help quantify how many fireworks are collected, Swoboda said All the confiscated explosives are given to the Kane County Bomb Squad for disposal.
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Bisexuality is 100 percent bisexuality, and doesn’t need to be quantified by anything else.
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As the hubby, Daniel is a genial but proper insurance company executive in a play where one can’t actually begin to assess, quantify or control the future.
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Others were worried about cost of the project and tax implications, which have not yet been quantified.
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The report, based on a survey of households, is one of several studies that aim to quantify hate crimes.
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Origin and Etymology of quantify
Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus how much
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: to find or calculate the quantity or amount of (something)
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