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Dictionary: quan·ti·fy   (kwŏn'tə-fī') pronunciation
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
  1. To determine or express the quantity of.
  2. Logic. To limit the variables of (a proposition) by prefixing an operator such as all or some.

[Medieval Latin quantificāre : Latin quantus, how great; see quantity + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

quantifiable quan'ti·fi'a·ble adj.
quantification quan'ti·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: use as a quantifier; in logic

Meaning #2: express as a number or measure or quantity
  Synonym: measure


Translations: Quantify
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - kvantificere, bestemme mængden af

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoeveelheid van iets bepalen, iets in cijfers uitdrukken, meten, kwantificeren

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) évaluer avec précision, (Philos, Phys) quantifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - quantifizieren, messen, quantitativ bestimmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ποσολογώ

Italiano (Italian)
quantificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - quantificar, determinar

Русский (Russian)
указывать количество, выражать в количественном отношении

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cuantificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kvantifiera, bestämma mängden av

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
定量, 称量, 表示份量

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 定量, 稱量, 表示份量

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 양을 정하다, 양을 표시하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 量を定める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقيس, يعد, يخمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮מדד הכמות, ביטא בצורה כמותית, כימת‬


 
 
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