quantify
verb (used with object)
to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
is quantifying
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present progressiveof quantify (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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One particular challenge in these cases is quantifying compensation for people who received no mental-health treatment at all, said lawyer Steve Cohen, who represents several plaintiffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Mike Copeland, chair of the South African Pelagic Fishing Industry Association, says the association is quantifying the potential effects of the ban.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 17, 2023
A little more difficult is quantifying what qualifying for a World Cup would mean in practical terms - on and off the field, financially, politically, culturally.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022
As global companies prepare pledges to help stop climate change, one of the first problems they face is quantifying their emissions.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2021
What we're doing that really hasn't been done before is quantifying and empirically defining Christian nationalism.
From Salon ● Feb. 29, 2020
