v.
Pronunciation: ' kwän-t ə - ˌ t ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -tat · ed ; -tat · ing
Etymology: back-formation from quantitative
Date: 1927
1 : to measure or estimate the quantity of especially : to measure or determine precisely
2 : to express in quantitative terms
– quan · ti · ta · tion \ ˌ kwän-t ə - ' t ā -sh ə n \ noun