as in to measure
formal
to find the quantity or amount of (something)
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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Recent Examples of quantify
Now, a new study quantifies the health impacts of all that smoke.
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Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Instead of relying on cookies or device IDs, MMM uses regression models and other statistical methods to quantify channel impact without personally identifiable information.
—Bernard May, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Geologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have quantified the complete energy budget of an earthquake for the first time.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
This image illustrates the 9-point Bortle scale, which quantifies the impact of light pollution on the darkness of a night sky at a particular location.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
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Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
Instead of relying on cookies or device IDs, MMM uses regression models and other statistical methods to quantify channel impact without personally identifiable information.
—Bernard May, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Geologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have quantified the complete energy budget of an earthquake for the first time.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
This image illustrates the 9-point Bortle scale, which quantifies the impact of light pollution on the darkness of a night sky at a particular location.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quantify
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Further, no data will be collected to measure or track academic achievement for participating students either.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Sep. 2025
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The scientists measured body weight, fat mass, energy expenditure, food intake, blood sugar and insulin responses, as well as fat and liver tissue (via microscopy), gene expression (via RNA sequencing), and macrophage metabolism.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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Goolsbee said the reports will come from 11 different data sets that will compute a jobless rate projection as well as estimates for layoffs and other separations and a rate of hiring unemployed workers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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Creating a connected map of the entire World Wide Web with indexes for every word took a lot of computing power.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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If a playoff spot is on the line Sunday, the final day of the regular season, the Mets need to assess other options.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The Office maintains a Fair Use Index and other guidance to help assess such claims.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Nicole stands about 5-foot-4, weighs about 200 pounds and has brown eyes and red hair.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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Coliseum officials did weigh the possibility of sidestepping the permitting issue altogether — or at least letting the purchasers worry about it.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quantify. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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