US /ˈkwɑn.tɪˌfaɪ/ UK /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ/
verb Freq #44308

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To measure or express something as a number or amount.

    It is hard to quantify the value of a good education.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to measure or express... measure
More admeasurebemetebenchmarkenumeratemetenumericalize
Opposites
assumeguessmismeasure
Word family
Forms quantifiedquantifiesquantifying
Derived forms misquantifyoverquantifyquantifiabilityquantifiablerequantifysemiquantify
Related forms classifyestimateeyeballoperationalize

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quantifico (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic).

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