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quantify /ˈkwɒntɪfʌɪ /
verb
( quantifies, quantifying, quantified)
[with object]
1 express or measure the quantity of:
it's very hard to quantify the cost
it is impossible to quantify the extent of the black economy.
2 Logic define the application of (a term or proposition) by the use of all, some, etc., e.g. ‘for all x if x is A then x is B’.
– ORIGIN early 17th century: from medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus how much.