quantify
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).
Origin of quantify
1Other words from quantify
- quan·ti·fi·a·ble [kwon-tuh-fahy-uh-bil], /ˌkwɒn təˈfaɪ ə bɪl/, adjective
- quan·ti·fi·ca·tion [kwon-tuh-fuh-key-shuhn], /ˌkwɒn tə fəˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- un·quan·ti·fied, adjective
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How to use quantify in a sentence
As Unbounce quantifies all of these essential UX and performance-based elements, you can benefit from a clear-cut snapshot of the elements that are currently working well and what needs improvement.
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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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‘Necessary, but insufficient:’ Advertisers are starting to question the value of low exchange fees | Seb Joseph | September 23, 2020 | DigidayThe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is specious quantification, whether or not differential equations have been incompetently applied.
Barbara Fredrickson’s Bestselling ‘Positivity’ Is Trashed by a New Study | Will Wilkinson | August 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut much of what makes a candidate a Wingnut resists easy quantification.
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 SaintsburyAnd we have traveled the road familiar to many nursing scholars, the road of expertise in objectification and quantification.
Nursing as Caring | Anne BoykinThe like may also be said about his other innovation, the Quantification of the Predicate.
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 MorganIn this the principle of the quantification of the predicate was first explicitly stated.
British Dictionary definitions for quantify
/ (ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪ) /
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
Origin of quantify
1Derived forms of quantify
- quantifiable, adjective
- quantification, noun
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