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 first cost is harder to quantify, but it is increasingly well documented. — Heather Asiyanbi, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 But the use of movement-tracking accelerometers could help researchers quantify instances of PES. — New Atlas, 17 Aug. 2026 The scope of the consequences for young athletes nationwide is impossible to quantify, ProPublica and The Post found, because the AAU operates with a secrecy that is unusual for a nonprofit that serves children. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026 While the agency cannot quantify how many of those victims are college athletes, officials believe the combination of social media exposure and NIL funding make college athletes especially vulnerable. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quantify

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The minimum safe thickness is a threshold that measures a tank’s ability to contain the pressure of the liquid and support the tank’s weight, the report said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
These supernovas were used as a kind of cosmological measuring stick to uncover a mysterious force called dark energy that was causing the universe to expand — a discovery that earned the Nobel Prize in 2011.

— Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of measure

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The issue is that AI technology iterates extremely fast, causing related equipment and computing assets to depreciate rapidly, whereas financing debts are long term, creating a maturity mismatch risk.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Later developments in complexity theory pointed in directions that seem even less related to computing.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of compute

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Their analysis, estimated to be complete this fall, will assess whether there is a regional cluster of Ewing sarcoma or other cancers.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Have a professional conduct a full inspection of your home to assess it for possible entry points.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026

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