quantify
Americanverb (used with object)
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to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
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Logic. to make explicit the quantity of (a proposition).
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to give quantity to (something regarded as having only quality).
verb
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to discover or express the quantity of
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logic to specify the quantity of (a term) by using a quantifier, such as all, some, or no
Other Word Forms
- quantifiable adjective
- quantification noun
- unquantified adjective
Etymology
Origin of quantify
First recorded in 1830–40; from Medieval Latin quantificāre, equivalent to Latin quant(us) “how much” + -ificāre -ify
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Bank of America’s Bull & Bear Indicator is designed to quantify investors’ fear and greed using data on institutional and hedge fund positioning, equity and bond flows, global stock index breadth and credit market technicals.
From MarketWatch
Harder to quantify is the diplomatic cost of tariffs, as allies conclude the U.S. is an unreliable economic partner.
In all of this, he’s getting at something powerful but hard to quantify that we all perhaps have felt, if only briefly, at one time or another.
Yes, we’re in one of the great bubbles, and they even quantified it based on a study of more than 300 past episodes.
Taxes could be measured, spending quantified, and interest rates observed.
From Barron's
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