quantifiableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒntᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quantify v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < quantify v. + -able suffix.

A. adj.

That may be conceived or treated as a quantity; that may be measured with regard to quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable

estimablec1460

measurable1565

dimensive1570

mensurablea1600

quantitive1626

commensurable1654

dimensurable1660

metesome1674

gaugeable1768

quantifiable1868

evaluable1880

dimensionable1884

the world > relative properties > quantity > [adjective] > having or considered with respect to quantity > that can be

quantifiable1868

1868 Lancet 8 Aug. 184/1 There is other science besides Physical Science, there are other data besides quantifiable data.

1883 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric p. xxv Those mutual relations of conscious centres which are measurable and quantifiable.

1928 A. A. Roback Psychol. of Char. (ed. 2) xiii. 217 Our character curves will..take the shape of a zig-zag, allowing for plus and minus relations in the most complicated ramification; and yet these relations are not really quantifiable.

1974 Sci. Amer. May 43/1 The redesign of approach roads and internal streets are destroying the evidence of the city's past at a quantifiable rate.

1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together v. 136 The effect it's going to have on my life is barely quantifiable.

B. n.

1. A thing which may be quantified. Also (with the): that which may be quantified.

ΚΠ

1930 Language 6 6 Quantifier, a term which expresses any quantitative judgment. It measures or counts or grades a quantifiable.

1972 R. V. Bruce in G. H. Daniels Nineteenth-Century Amer. Sci. 63 In this age of uncertainties and revisionism, even the historians hug the quantifiable.

1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 126 Ali..has always found security and a skewed understanding of life in the quantifiable: amounts, calibrated outcomes, the creaking, reassuring machinery of living.

1994 E. C. Green AIDS & STDs in Afr. vi. 175 Results..as measured in such quantifiables as contraceptive sales.

2. Linguistics. In Ralph B. Long's terminology: = mass noun n. at mass n.² Compounds 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > uncountable or mass noun

material noun1892

mass-word1914

uncountable1924

mass noun1933

singulare tantum1940

quantifiable1957

1957 R. B. Long in College Eng. 18 351/1 These are the quantifiables, such as furniture and milk and news.

1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ii. 39 Quantifiables such as courage, fun, pneumonia, milk, spaghetti, machinery, and furniture are not made plural, though it is true that some quantifiables have pluralizer status also.

1969 Names 17 112 Names of languages are begun with capital letters and yet are quantifiables rather than true proper nouns, as such sentences as Judy doesn't know much Spanish make clear.

Derivatives

ˈquantifiably adv.

ΚΠ

1951 Jrnl. Philos. 48 578 Scientific method should be restricted to a procedure which deliberately confines observation to data which can be quantifiably formulated.

2004 J. Fellowes Snobs x. 108 I could see..that I had risen quantifiably in his estimation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quantifiable
释义	quantifiableadj.n. Brit. /ˈkwɒntᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈkwɑn(t)əˌfaɪəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quantify v., -able suffix. Etymology: < quantify v. + -able suffix. A. adj. That may be conceived or treated as a quantity; that may be measured with regard to quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable estimablec1460 measurable1565 dimensive1570 mensurablea1600 quantitive1626 commensurable1654 dimensurable1660 metesome1674 gaugeable1768 quantifiable1868 evaluable1880 dimensionable1884 the world > relative properties > quantity > [adjective] > having or considered with respect to quantity > that can be quantifiable1868 1868 Lancet 8 Aug. 184/1 There is other science besides Physical Science, there are other data besides quantifiable data. 1883 A. Barratt Physical Metempiric p. xxv Those mutual relations of conscious centres which are measurable and quantifiable. 1928 A. A. Roback Psychol. of Char. (ed. 2) xiii. 217 Our character curves will..take the shape of a zig-zag, allowing for plus and minus relations in the most complicated ramification; and yet these relations are not really quantifiable. 1974 Sci. Amer. May 43/1 The redesign of approach roads and internal streets are destroying the evidence of the city's past at a quantifiable rate. 1999 J. Lloyd & E. Rees Come Together v. 136 The effect it's going to have on my life is barely quantifiable. B. n. 1. A thing which may be quantified. Also (with the): that which may be quantified. ΚΠ 1930 Language 6 6 Quantifier, a term which expresses any quantitative judgment. It measures or counts or grades a quantifiable. 1972 R. V. Bruce in G. H. Daniels Nineteenth-Century Amer. Sci. 63 In this age of uncertainties and revisionism, even the historians hug the quantifiable. 1991 Esquire (BNC) Apr. 126 Ali..has always found security and a skewed understanding of life in the quantifiable: amounts, calibrated outcomes, the creaking, reassuring machinery of living. 1994 E. C. Green AIDS & STDs in Afr. vi. 175 Results..as measured in such quantifiables as contraceptive sales. 2. Linguistics. In Ralph B. Long's terminology: = mass noun n. at mass n.² Compounds 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > uncountable or mass noun material noun1892 mass-word1914 uncountable1924 mass noun1933 singulare tantum1940 quantifiable1957 1957 R. B. Long in College Eng. 18 351/1 These are the quantifiables, such as furniture and milk and news. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts ii. 39 Quantifiables such as courage, fun, pneumonia, milk, spaghetti, machinery, and furniture are not made plural, though it is true that some quantifiables have pluralizer status also. 1969 Names 17 112 Names of languages are begun with capital letters and yet are quantifiables rather than true proper nouns, as such sentences as Judy doesn't know much Spanish make clear. Derivatives ˈquantifiably adv. ΚΠ 1951 Jrnl. Philos. 48 578 Scientific method should be restricted to a procedure which deliberately confines observation to data which can be quantifiably formulated. 2004 J. Fellowes Snobs x. 108 I could see..that I had risen quantifiably in his estimation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1868
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