Topic: MEASUREMENT
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Medieval Latin |
| Origin: | quantificare, from Latin quantus; QUANTITY |
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quan‧ti‧fy
past tense and past participle quantified, present participle quantifying, third person singular quantifies [transitive]
past tense and past participle quantified, present participle quantifying, third person singular quantifies [transitive]TM to calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount : an attempt to quantify the region's social and economic decline
an attempt to quantify the region's social and economic decline difficult/impossible to quantify The damage caused to the tourist industry is difficult to quantify.
The damage caused to the tourist industry is difficult to quantify. —quantifiable adjective: The cost of unemployment to the government is quite easily quantifiable.
The cost of unemployment to the government is quite easily quantifiable.