Thesaurus results for QUANTIFY

quantify

verb

Definition of quantify

as in to measure

formal to find the quantity or amount of (something) It is difficult to quantify intelligence. Doctors have quantified the risks of smoking cigarettes. It is impossible to quantify the number of websites on the Internet.

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Recent Examples of quantify The survey quantifies the sense of unease and frustration many customers of these new-wave insurers feel. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Worse, some of the industry’s representatives have been trying to impress the public by quantifying the probability of catastrophe. — Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026 Firms have invested eagerly in AI, but the returns have been difficult to quantify. — Harvard Business Review, 23 Sep. 2026 But such vitriol never seems to be quantified in a way that's comparable to other famous athletes' fan bases. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quantify

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LEDs send light through the fibers, while sensors at their opposite ends measure the output.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Sitting in a talk at a local conference, Carleton learned about circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), which cancer cells release into the bloodstream and can be measured to survey tumor growth.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of measure

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Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.

— Nancy Krieger, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026
Omelchenko appreciates the study authors’ ability to translate math to real life but notes that fully evaluating the possibilities of new stitches by using torus diagrams would be impractically expensive to compute.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

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Residents in central Gaza returned home to assess the damage caused by Israeli strikes after they had been warned to evacuate the day before.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
For Lev, assessing what participants take home means asking about their behavior.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of assess

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Under investor pressure to decarbonize and avoid fracking, Origin weighed selling.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
As for the kits, each weighed between 121 pounds (55 kg) and 143 pounds (65 kg) and contained tools, spare parts, and other materials for specific tasks.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026

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