express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?" use as a quantifier
If you try to quantify something, you try to calculate how much of it there is. It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare their losses. + quantification quan·ti·fi·ca·tion Others are more susceptible to attempts at quantification. to calculate the value of something and express it as a number or an amount (quantificare, from quantus; QUANTITY)