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Definition of "quantify" []

  • To determine or express the quantity of. (verb-transitive)
  • Logic To limit the variables of (a proposition) by prefixing an operator such as all or some. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quantify" in a sentence
  • "Perhaps the desire to quantify is going too far here."
  • "A difficult one to quantify is the fundraisers where you pays your money and, say, get a meal."
  • "Finally, there is another issue, also hard to quantify, that is both psychic and financial: economic sentiment."