quantify

To show how much of something there is by giving it a number.

• We need to quantify the damage.
• The report quantified the benefits of regular exercise.
• How can we quantify the effect of these changes?

Similar words: measure

Common phrases: quantify the impact, quantify the damage

To work out the number that a mathematical expression or unknown quantity represents.

• Use this formula to quantify the variable.
• The students quantified each expression using the given values.
• Can this equation help us quantify the unknown quantity?

Similar words: calculate, evaluate

Common phrases: quantify a variable, quantify an expression

To state whether a logical claim applies to every member of a group or at least one member.

• We must quantify the variable.
• The formula quantifies over the real numbers.
• She quantified the predicate using an existential symbol.

How to use it: quantify over something (This statement quantifies over all positive integers.)

Common phrases: quantify a predicate, quantify over something