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Definition of quantify verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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
    See full entry
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus ‘how much’.
See quantify in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee quantify in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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adverb
 
 
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