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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Lillis said that the ESCAPADE team attempted to quantify the additional risk using reasonable assumptions, and shared their findings with NASA earlier this year.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Influence is difficult to quantify without concrete examples of victories.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
While saying that exact totals are difficult to quantify, about 10% of the city’s water infrastructure is from 1920 or earlier, Malay said.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Colorado doesn’t have any way of quantifying whether areas need more hospital beds, and health systems generally described their recent projects as bringing specific types of care closer to communities, rather than relieving a crunch on their existing facilities.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
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Leonard David, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Influence is difficult to quantify without concrete examples of victories.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
While saying that exact totals are difficult to quantify, about 10% of the city’s water infrastructure is from 1920 or earlier, Malay said.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
Colorado doesn’t have any way of quantifying whether areas need more hospital beds, and health systems generally described their recent projects as bringing specific types of care closer to communities, rather than relieving a crunch on their existing facilities.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantify. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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