quantify

verb

quan·​ti·​fy ˈkwän-tə-ˌfī 

quantified; quantifying

transitive verb

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

So looking across the company's five successive efforts to quantify and compare the on-chain activity of the citizenry in different nations is also something of a recent history of the industry in and of itself. —Brady Dale, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024

By contrast, the goal of a monetization framework is to quantify and capture monetary value to achieve a company's market adoption and financial goals. —Chris Mele, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024

Since then, mathematicians have tried to quantify exactly how quickly that happens. —Leila Sloman, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2024

The court order that quantified the conservation area's water rights was not challenged by the January 2024 deadline. —Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus how much

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined at sense 2