quantify
verb (used with object)
to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
quantifies
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present tense formof quantify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The SEC yield quantifies the latest 30 days of a portfolio’s investment income net of expenses, annualized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It’s a topic that has certainly been discussed, but the paper quantifies that shift, finding nonaligned countries have moved nearly one-third of total reserve portfolios away from foreign-currency claims.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
California’s recyclable packaging law prohibits manufacturers from using a “chasing arrows” recycling symbol on products or materials unless they are actually being recycled in a meaningful way, which the law quantifies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
"The quantum Fisher information quantifies how sensitively a quantum system responds to a change," explains Bühler-Paschen.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
Likewise, the logician would argue, You only live once should be rewritten as You live only once, with only next to the thing it quantifies, once.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
