quantify

To quantify is defined as to measure or express the quantity of something.

(verb)

An example of to quantify is to count the number a word was misspelled in a book.

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See quantify in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb quantified, quantifying

  1. to determine or express the quantity of; indicate the extent of; measure
  2. to express in quantitative terms, or as a numerical equivalent
  3. Logic to make the quantity or extension of (a term or symbol) clear and explicit by the use of a quantifier, as all, none, or some

Origin: ML quantificare < L quantus, how much (see quantity) + facere, to make, do

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See quantify in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing, quan·ti·fies
  1. To determine or express the quantity of.
  2. Logic To limit the variables of (a proposition) by prefixing an operator such as all or some.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin quantificāre

Origin: : Latin quantus, how great; see quantity

Origin: + Latin -ficāre, -fy

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Related Forms:

  • quanˌti·fiˈa·ble adjective
  • quanˌti·fi·caˈtion (-fĭ-kāˈshən) noun

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