quantify
[kwon-tuh-fahy]
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Origin of quantify
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Related Words for quantifiable
perceptible, significant, quantitative, mensurable, calculable, commensurate, computable, material, fathomable, assessable, quantifiableExamples from the Web for quantifiable
Contemporary Examples of quantifiable
But seriously, the fame of Breaking Bad—that has been a quantifiable change.
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November 17, 2013
The press has very few data points to point to: money, polling, and a quantifiable ground game.
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October 25, 2012
quantify
- to discover or express the quantity of
- logic to specify the quantity of (a term) by using a quantifier, such as all, some, or no
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Word Origin for quantify
C19: from Medieval Latin quantificāre, from Latin quantus how much + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for quantifiable
quantify
1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronomial adjective (see quantity) + facere "to make" (see factitious). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified; quantifying.
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