"quantify" meaning in English

See quantify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkwɑːn.tə.faɪ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quantify.wav [UK] Forms: quantify [canonical], quantifies [third-person, singular], quantified [past], quantified [past, participle], quantifying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|quantif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you quantify something, you assign a quantity to it.
    Sense id: simple-quantify-en-verb-SQSTZm3e
  2. If you quantify something, you determine its value.
    Sense id: simple-quantify-en-verb-6gTlsWI0
     
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