quantifiable

adjective

quan·​ti·​fi·​a·​ble ˌkwän-tə-ˈfī-ə-bəl 

: able to be expressed as an amount, quantity, or numerical value : capable of being quantified

quantifiable risks/benefits

There's a school of thought in Hollywood that good comedy is quantifiable, that you can measure a successful script or pilot on a punchlines-per-page or laughs-per-minute basis.

—Daniel Fienberg

These companies are ranked based on their score in Entrepreneur's 2016 Franchise 500, which is determined by objective, quantifiable criteria, including system size, growth and financial strength and stability.

—Tracy Stapp Herold

quantifiably

ˌkwän-tə-ˈfī-ə-blē 

adverb

Those who offer medical care to the children of poverty find themselves using their research projects to demonstrate that poverty is not only damaging, but quantifiably damaging to infants and children, searching for specific indices of growth and development, individual health and family function, which will allow them to measure the parameters of growing up at the bottom of our society.

—Perri Klass

Examples of quantifiable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2024, Estrada’s primary pitch displayed the kind of life that has become readily quantifiable: His average four-seamer dropped less on its way to the plate than any other four-seamer in the majors. —Dennis Lin, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025

Are employees and customers actually using the new technology? Being able to answer these questions ensures that your IT efforts contribute directly to business success in quantifiable ways. —Rizwan Jan, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

In addition to the quantifiable standards, Whittingham’s teams just look extremely well-coached. —Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025

Focus on quantifiable accomplishments that demonstrate your impact and highlight in-demand skills like AI and critical thinking.​ Enhance Your LinkedIn Profile. —William Arruda, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined above