QUANTIFY (quantified)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quantify mean?
• QUANTIFY (verb)
The verb QUANTIFY has 2 senses:
1. use as a quantifier
2. express as a number or measure or quantity
Familiarity information: QUANTIFY used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• QUANTIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Use as a quantifier
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "quantify" is one way to...):
determine; fix; limit; set; specify (decide upon or fix definitely)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Express as a number or measure or quantity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
measure; quantify
Context example:
Can you quantify your results?
Hypernyms (to "quantify" is one way to...):
carry; convey; express (serve as a means for expressing something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quantify"):
gauge (measure precisely and against a standard)
scale (measure with or as if with scales)
meter (measure with a meter)
pace; step (measure (distances) by pacing)
clock; time (measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time)
fathom; sound (measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line)
titrate (measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration)
plumb (measure the depth of something)
librate; weigh (determine the weight of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
