quantify
verb
quan·ti·fy
ˈkwän-tə-ˌfī 
quantified; quantifying
1
a(1)
: to limit by a quantifier
(2)
: to bind by prefixing a quantifier
b
: to make explicit the logical quantity of
2
: to determine, express, or measure the quantity of
Examples of quantify in a Sentence
It is difficult to quantify intelligence.
Doctors have quantified the risks of smoking cigarettes.
It is impossible to quantify the number of websites on the Internet.
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While the full extent of their offenses is difficult to quantify, their criminal record is extensive.
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To quantify the magnitude of this issue, the Pending Home Sales Index, at 71.3, is now lower than at the worst level of the Great Recession in November ’08 when the index’s nadir hit 80.25;
The monthly data series for median home prices almost never falls except in Recessions.
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 6 June 2025
To reach these conclusions, SmartAsset — a personal finance site — used data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator to quantify the baseline costs of living for single adults and families with two adults and two children.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
While aggregate numbers for retail theft are difficult to quantify, retailers reported 93% more shoplifting incidents on average in 2023 compared with 2019, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation.
—Courtney Reagan,paige Tortorelli,scott Zamost, CNBC, 4 June 2025
To quantify the magnitude of this issue, the Pending Home Sales Index, at 71.3, is now lower than at the worst level of the Great Recession in November ’08 when the index’s nadir hit 80.25;
The monthly data series for median home prices almost never falls except in Recessions.
—Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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“Quantify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quantify. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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