to quantify
- verb
- /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ/
- The study aims to quantify the amount of waste produced by the factory each year.
- difficult to quantify
- objectively quantify
- quantify performance
But holding that aside, let's quantify some of these costs.
- But holding that aside, let's quantify some of these costs.
- And now social media quantifies that, right?
- And let's let's quantify and make precise why it's so puzzling.
- I'm not sure that it can be quantified well enough to say either way.
- My approach is harder to sort of quantify in that way, right?
- Let's paint what that looks like and let's quantify that, right?
- Now, given the scarcity of brain cancers, how can they really quantify this risk?
- How do we in fact, quantify our own pains and pleasures?
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- We can actually quantify the amount of screen time, the amount of speaking time and get data at that level.
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Scientists have a harder time quantifying these risks.
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And now we have to have to quantify all these things.
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Here I can quantify for you through my own research.
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You need to really quantify how special this time is.
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It's hard to quantify that to a board.
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But how do I quantify that?
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So let's see if we can quantify what that looks like.
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But holding that aside, let's quantify some of these costs.
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Hard numbers that quantify the shortage are difficult to come by.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
To find the size, amount, or strength of something
To measure how much of something there is, often in science
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Etymology
Quantify comes from the Latin root quant- meaning 'how much', the same root in quantity. So to quantify something is to show or measure 'how much' it is, often using numbers.