quantify
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++quan·ti·fy /ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ $ ˈkwɑːn-/ ●○○ verb (quantified, quantifying, quantifies) [transitive] TMDESCRIBEto calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount 测定…的数量；用数量表示，量化 an attempt to quantify the region’s social and economic decline 对该地区社会和经济衰退进行量化的尝试difficult/impossible to quantify The damage caused to the tourist industry is difficult to quantify. 对旅游业所造成的损失难以量化。 —quantifiable adjective The cost of unemployment to the government is quite easily quantifiable. 失业对政府造成的损失很容易量化。→ See Verb table
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quantify• In the UK, the operation will not be performed until the risks are better understood and quantified.• But can the numbers and purchasing power of those following the Yuppy life-style be quantified?• Even so, Sir Matthew admitted that the wider implications of the weak housing market on the industry were hard to quantify.• The incidence of elder abuse is hard to quantify.• It's difficult to quantify how long it will take to finish the project.• Similarly, insects and land snail shells are identified, sorted and quantified in the same way as animal and plant remains.• This, the Riemann curvature tensor, quantifies space-time curvature.• The research should help quantify the differences between older and younger drivers.• Like study of the forest, it may take a generation to quantify the effect on fish stock.• Their objective was to develop a model which quantified the permeability of rock as drilling proceeded.• It is impossible to quantify what an active cultural life does for a city.• Just quantifying your financial goals will make you feel more in control of your future.difficult/impossible to quantify• Because there are so many desirable objectives to achieve for the convalescent patient the outcome of rehabilitative measures is difficult to quantify.• How much impact they will actually have is impossible to quantify.• In sheep, the extent to which cloning produces over-large fetuses is difficult to quantify.• More fundamentally, this preoccupation with numerical aspects may draw attention away from important issues that are more difficult to quantify.• These are more difficult to quantify.• The benefits are difficult to quantify but qualitatively they would mean faster and more predictable service for lexicographers.• The demands on the human operator are difficult to quantify or even to describe because the process is essentially an interactive one.From Longman Business Dictionaryquantifyquan‧ti‧fy /ˈkwɒntəfaɪˈkwɑːn-/ verb (past tense and past participle quantified) [transitive] to measure something and express it as a number, especially something that is difficult to measureQuantifying the effect of advertising on sales is difficult. —quantifiable adjectiveCan the project offer a quantifiable payback? —quantification noun [uncountable]the quantification of future loss→ See Verb tableOrigin quantify (1500-1600) Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus; → QUANTITYquan·ti·fy verbChineseSyllable
Corpus of calculate Business something the and value express to it
quantify
quan‧ti‧fy /ˈkwɒntəfaɪ, ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ $ ˈkwɑːn-/
verb (past tense and past participle quantified, present participle quantifying, third person singular quantifies) [transitive]to calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount:
an attempt to quantify the region’s social and economic decline
difficult/impossible to quantify
The damage caused to the tourist industry is difficult to quantify.
—quantifiable adjective:
The cost of unemployment to the government is quite easily quantifiable.
▪ calculate formal to find out an amount, price, or value by adding numbers together: The students calculated the cost of printing 5000 copies of their book.
▪work out to calculate something. Work out is less formal than calculate, and is more common in everyday English: You need to work out how much you will need to borrow.
▪figure out (also figure American English) informal to calculate an amount: We still haven't figured out how much it's all going to cost. | the method for figuring welfare payments
▪count to find out the total number of things or people in a group by looking at each one and adding them all together: The teacher counted the children as they got on the bus.
▪total (also total up ) to add a number of things together to get a final number: Once the scores have been totaled, we will announce the winner. | Okay, now let's total up who had the most points.
▪quantify formal to say how much something costs, how much of it there is, how serious or effective it is etc: I think it's difficult to quantify the cost at the moment, for a variety of reasons. | How do you quantify the benefits of the treatment? | a reliable method for quantifying the amount of calcium in the blood
▪assess formal to calculate what the value or cost of something is, or decide how good, bad etc something is: The value of the paintings was assessed at $20 million. | They are still assessing the damage. | We need to have a better way of assessing students' progress.
▪estimate to guess an amount, price, or number as exactly as you can, based on the knowledge you have: The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will decrease by 2%.
▪put a figure on something to say what you think the exact total amount or value of something is, especially when it is a lot: It's hard to put a figure on it, but the final cost is likely to be over £225 million. | The company has refused to put a figure on its losses.
▪project to calculate what an amount will be in the future, using the information you have now: The company projects sales of $4 million this year.
quan‧ti‧fy /ˈkwɒntəfaɪ, ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ $ ˈkwɑːn-/
verb (past tense and past participle quantified, present participle quantifying, third person singular quantifies) [transitive]to calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount: difficult/impossible to quantify
—quantifiable adjective:
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