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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State and federal agencies don’t track data around vitamin K injection refusal or subsequent bleeding, which impedes their ability to quantify and track outcomes, including death.
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Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
These studies have used MSD theory as a way to quantify the influence of social and media environments on attitudes related to shopping behavior.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Instead, this latest effort represents the incremental progress essential to experimental science, where errors and uncertainties are identified and quantified, and future generations of scientists can build upon it.
—Big Think, 6 May 2026
State and federal agencies don’t track data around vitamin K injection refusal or subsequent bleeding, which impedes their ability to quantify and track outcomes, including death.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
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Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
These studies have used MSD theory as a way to quantify the influence of social and media environments on attitudes related to shopping behavior.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
Instead, this latest effort represents the incremental progress essential to experimental science, where errors and uncertainties are identified and quantified, and future generations of scientists can build upon it.
—Big Think, 6 May 2026
State and federal agencies don’t track data around vitamin K injection refusal or subsequent bleeding, which impedes their ability to quantify and track outcomes, including death.
—Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 6 May 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 13 May. 2026.
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