quantify

English Thesaurus

1. express as a number or measure or quantity (verb.change)

hypernym	:	carry, convey, express,
definition	:	serve as a means for expressing something (verb.communication)

hyponym	:	gauge,
definition	:	measure precisely and against a standard (verb.change)

hyponym	:	scale,
definition	:	measure with or as if with scales (verb.change)

hyponym	:	meter,
definition	:	measure with a meter (verb.change)

hyponym	:	pace, step,
definition	:	measure (distances) by pacing (verb.change)

hyponym	:	clock, time,
definition	:	measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time (verb.change)

hyponym	:	fathom, sound,
definition	:	measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line (verb.change)

hyponym	:	titrate,
definition	:	measure by (the volume or concentration of solutions) by titration (verb.change)

hyponym	:	plumb,
definition	:	measure the depth of something (verb.cognition)

hyponym	:	librate, weigh,
definition	:	determine the weight of (verb.stative)

2. use as a quantifier (verb.change)

hypernym	:	define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify,
definition	:	decide upon or fix definitely (verb.communication)

domain category	:	logic,
definition	:	the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference (noun.cognition)

3. express as a number or measure or quantity (verb.change)

derivation	:	amount, measure, quantity,
definition	:	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify (noun.tops)

derivation	:	measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration,
definition	:	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule (noun.act)

derivation	:	quantification,
definition	:	the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	measure, measuring rod, measuring stick,
definition	:	measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	quantity,
definition	:	the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	measurable, mensurable,
definition	:	capable of being measured (adj.all)

4. use as a quantifier (verb.change)

derivation	:	quantification,
definition	:	a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') (noun.cognition)

5. express as a number or measure or quantity (verb.change)

derivation	:	amount, measure, quantity,
definition	:	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify (noun.tops)

derivation	:	measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration,
definition	:	the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule (noun.act)

derivation	:	quantification,
definition	:	the act of discovering or expressing the quantity of something (noun.act)

derivation	:	measure, measuring rod, measuring stick,
definition	:	measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	quantity,
definition	:	the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	measurable, mensurable,
definition	:	capable of being measured (adj.all)

6. use as a quantifier (verb.change)

derivation	:	quantification,
definition	:	a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no') (noun.cognition)