B2verbformalscienceacademic
US/ˈkwɑːn.tə.faɪ/
UK/ˈkwɒn.tɪ.faɪ/
to measure something or express it as a number or amount
In context
It is hard to quantify the damage that plastic does to ocean life.
The study tried to quantify how much carbon each type of forest stores.
The benefits of green spaces for mental health are not easy to quantify.
Words that go with quantify
adjective + preposition
- difficult to quantifyThe real cost of the floods is difficult to quantify.
verb + noun
- quantify the impactResearchers want to quantify the impact of heat on farm workers.
- quantify the riskEngineers use computer models to quantify the risk of flooding.
- quantify the amountThe team quantified the amount of microplastic in each fish.
adverb + verb
- accurately quantifyNew sensors can accurately quantify air pollution street by street.