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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Shanna Shaked is an adjunct professor in UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and has co-authored a textbook on quantifying environmental impacts of products.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
This is the first election cycle for which political advertising can be quantified across radio, television and cable without visiting individual stations; the Federal Communications Commission only now requires cable operators to file ad purchases electronically.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay, the most studied group of polar bears in the world.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Vaccines have helped eradicate countless diseases, like polio, and increase life expectancy, but those benefits are hard to properly visualize or quantify, Polite said.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
This is the first election cycle for which political advertising can be quantified across radio, television and cable without visiting individual stations; the Federal Communications Commission only now requires cable operators to file ad purchases electronically.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay, the most studied group of polar bears in the world.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Vaccines have helped eradicate countless diseases, like polio, and increase life expectancy, but those benefits are hard to properly visualize or quantify, Polite said.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantify. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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