Object

• uncertainty: They will learn to identify and quantify the specific uncertainties that threaten success.

• extent: Tests followed to quantify the extent of the deterioration.

• flux: The primary goal is to quantify accurately the global air-sea fluxes of CO 2.

• impact: Participants will also be given the tools to quantify the impacts of their educational work.

• probability: The program's main objective is to improve our ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid climate change.

• dynamics: Figure: an example of plant microcosm systems used to quantify spatio-temporal dynamics of epidemics ( left ).

Preposition: at

• stage: The transfer process is not sufficiently advanced, however, to be able to quantify at this stage precisely what will be required.

Modifying Another Word

• universally: This is an example of a universally quantified statement.

• poorly: There are, however, many unknowns or poorly quantified aspects of assessing biosphere dynamics.

• adequately: The trouble is, no one has adequately quantified the risks.

Adjective complement

• due: These sources are all difficult to quantify due to the nature of the sources and to the lack of appropriate UK measurements.

Modifying Another Word

• accurately: No DNA method yet exists that can accurately quantify the amount of meat species in meat products.

• precisely: But this is a difficult area to quantify precisely.

Used with why or when

• where: It's hard to quantify where this hatred comes from.

• what: You cannot quantify what a standard garage door is any more.

Preposition: in

• term: While these may be difficult to quantify in monetary terms, for me they are the killer argument.

Preposition: for

• time: Methodology The objective of the survey was to quantify for the first time the economic value of hunting with hounds in Northern Ireland.