quantify
verb (used with object)
to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
have quantified
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present perfectof quantify.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now, for the first time, scientists have quantified the number of glaciers we’re losing—and it’s staggering.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
It had bypassed the lengthy environmental review process typically required in California, which would have quantified the traffic, pollution and noise that would come with a 70,000-seat stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
While previous studies have quantified the mortality burden from coal-fired power plants, much of this research has assumed that coal PM2.5 has the same toxicity as PM2.5 from other sources.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2023
He and his colleagues have quantified how outsourcing the production of consumer goods and services from the U.S. to Asia also outsourced the pollutants created by those factories.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
The data collected by the Juruna have quantified the change.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 4, 2023
