MEANING
To express the amount, size, or frequency of something numerically.
Use it for
cost estimates; measured outcomes; numerical comparisonsReplace vague magnitude claims with an explicit measure.
Words that belong together
- quantify the impact
- quantify uncertainty
- difficult to quantify
On the page
The report quantifies the time lost to unreliable bus services.
How can we quantify the value of access to a public park?
A confidence interval helps quantify uncertainty around the estimate.
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Word forms
- Base
- quantify / quantifies
- Past tense
- quantified
- Past participle
- quantified
- Present participle
- quantifying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- quantify / quantifies
- Present continuous
- am/is/are quantifying
- Present perfect
- have/has quantified
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been quantifying
- Past
- quantified
- Past continuous
- was/were quantifying
- Past perfect
- had quantified
- Past perfect continuous
- had been quantifying
- Future
- will quantify / quantifies
- Future continuous
- will be quantifying
- Future perfect
- will have quantified
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been quantifying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic. A numerical description does not automatically capture quality or establish validity. State the units and method; distinguish quantify from explain. Verb inflections [base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing]: quantify, quantifies, quantified, quantified, quantifying. Derived family (not inflections): quantification, quantifiable.
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