difficult-to-quantify

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• quantify — quan|ti|fy [ˈkwɔntıfaı US ˈkwa:n ] v past tense and past participle quantified present participle quantifying third person singular quantifies [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: quantificare, from Latin quantus; QUANTITY] to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• quantify — UK [ˈkwɒntɪfaɪ] / US [ˈkwɑntəˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms quantify : present tense I/you/we/they quantify he/she/it quantifies present participle quantifying past tense quantified past participle quantified formal to measure or describe… …   English dictionary

• quantify — [[t]kwɒ̱ntɪfaɪ[/t]] quantifies, quantifying, quantified VERB: usu with brd neg If you try to quantify something, you try to calculate how much of it there is. [V n] It is difficult to quantify an exact figure as firms are reluctant to declare… …   English dictionary

• quantify — quan|ti|fy [ kwantə,faı ] verb transitive FORMAL to measure or describe something as a quantity: The benefits are difficult to quantify …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• quantify — verb (T) to measure something and express it as a number, especially something that is difficult to measure: Life has got worse for a lot of people, but in ways that are hard to quantify. quantifiable adjective: The damage caused by pollution is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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