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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Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
While traditional methods are based on physical equations, AI models learn patterns from large datasets, which can help quantify uncertainty, assist in identifying extreme events, and allow models to improve over time.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
There are more things teams can quantify nowadays than ERA.
—Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
For example, if the information in the past frames isn’t enough to accurately predict the future frames, the prediction is uncertain, and V-JEPA doesn’t quantify this uncertainty.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantify. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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