quantify

[ kwon-tuh-fahy ]

/ ˈkwɒn təˌfaɪ /

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verb (used with object), quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing.

to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.

Logic. to make explicit the quantity of (a proposition).

to give quantity to (something regarded as having only quality).

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Origin of quantify

First recorded in 1830–40; from Medieval Latin quantificāre, equivalent to Latin quant(us) “how much” + -ificāre -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM quantify

quan·ti·fi·a·ble

[kwon-tuh-fahy-uh-bil], /ˌkwɒn təˈfaɪ ə bɪl/, adjectivequan·ti·fi·ca·tion

[kwon-tuh-fuh-key-shuhn], /ˌkwɒn tə fəˈkeɪ ʃən/, nounun·quan·ti·fied, adjective

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How to use quantify in a sentence

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A model for collaborationThis agreement could be one of the few specific interventions that is big enough to allow researchers to quantify its impact on the size of the monarch population.
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At GroupM, for example, the media agency’s buyers have been quantifying the impact of exchange fees as part of their own attempts to broker preferred rates with SSPs.
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The company said it was following all federal guidelines, although no agency had quantified the dangers posed to workers like Steadman due to stepped-up plasma donations.
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“Many know that they have issues with sleep, but a proper quantification of it helps…” he says.
The Tracker That Might Actually Help You Sleep Better|DailyBurn|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is specious quantification, whether or not differential equations have been incompetently applied.
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But much of what makes a candidate a Wingnut resists easy quantification.
The Ultimate Wingnuts|John Avlon|October 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The writer does not avail himself of the new accentual quantification, and his other licences are but few.
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory|George Saintsbury
And we have traveled the road familiar to many nursing scholars, the road of expertise in objectification and quantification.
Nursing as Caring|Anne Boykin
The like may also be said about his other innovation, the Quantification of the Predicate.
Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.'|George Grote
Hamilton's great paradox was the quantification of the predicate; a fearful phrase, easily explained.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan
In this the principle of the quantification of the predicate was first explicitly stated.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for quantify

quantify

/ (ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

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

Derived forms of quantify

quantifiable, adjectivequantification, noun

Word Origin for quantify

C19: from Medieval Latin quantificāre, from Latin quantus how much + facere to make

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