quantify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: quan=ti=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

quantify, v. t. [L. quantus now much + -fy.].

•  To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to determine, fix or express the quantity of; to rate.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make explicit the quantity of; as, to quantify a variable.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quantify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 determine the quantity of.
2 measure or express as a quantity.
3 Logic define the application of (a term or proposition) by the use of all, some, etc., e.g. 'for all x if x is A then x is B'.

Derivative

quantifiable adj. quantifiability n. quantification n. quantifier n.

Etymology

med.L quantificare (as QUANTAL)

THESAURUS

quantify

apportion, appraise, appreciate, assay, assess, calculate, calibrate, caliper, call off, call over, call the roll, census, check a parameter, compute, count, decrease, dial, divide, enumerate, estimate, evaluate, fathom, fix, foliate, gauge, graduate, increase, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, number, numerate, pace, page, paginate, parcel, plumb, poll, prize, probe, quantize, rate, reduce, run over, size, size up, sound, span, step, survey, take a reading, tally, tell, triangulate, valuate, value, weigh

ROGET THESAURUS

quantify

Quantity

VB quantify, measure, fix, estimate, determine, quantitate, enumerate.