quantify
verb/ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ/
/ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quantify | /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ/ /ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it quantifies | /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪz/ /ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple quantified | /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪd/ /ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle quantified | /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪd/ /ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form quantifying | /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈkwɑːntɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- quantify something to describe or express something as an amount or a number
- The risks to health are impossible to quantify.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuantify is used with these nouns as the object:- effect
- impact
- magnitude
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus ‘how much’.Want to learn more?
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