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Synonyms of the word 
QUANTIFY → CARRY - CONVEY - DETERMINE - EXPRESS - FIX - LIMIT - MEASURE - SET - SPECIFYquantify- v. To assign a quantity to.
- v. To determine the value of (a variable or expression).
carry- v. (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- v. To transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- v. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
- v. (transitive) To stock or supply (something).
- v. (transitive) To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- v. (transitive) To adopt or resolve upon, especially in a deliberative assembly.
- v. (transitive, arithmetic) In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the…
- v. (transitive) To have or maintain (something).
- v. (intransitive) To be transmitted; to travel.
- v. (slang, transitive) To insult, to diss.
- v. (transitive, nautical) To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- v. (transitive, sports) To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- v. (transitive) To have on one's person.
- v. To be pregnant (with).
- v. To have propulsive power; to propel.
- v. To hold the head; said of a horse.
- v. (hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- v. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in…
- v. (obsolete) To get possession of by force; to capture.
- v. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of; to show or exhibit; to imply.
- v. (reflexive) To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- v. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- n. A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- n. A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- n. (computing) The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
convey- v. To transport; to carry; to take from one place to another.
- v. To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- v. (law) To transfer legal rights (to).
- v. (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
- v. (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
determine- v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
- v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
- v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
- v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
- v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
- v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
- v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
- v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.
express- adj. (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- adj. (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
- adj. Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- adj. (retail) Being a merchant offering a smaller selection of goods than a full or complete dealer of the…
- n. A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
- n. A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- n. An express rifle.
- n. (obsolete) A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
- n. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- n. An express office.
- n. That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
- v. (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- v. (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- v. (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- v. (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- n. (obsolete) The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
- n. (obsolete) A specific statement or instruction.
fix- n. A repair or corrective action.
- n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
- n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
- n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
- n. A determination of location.
- n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
- v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
- v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
- v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
- v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
- v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
- v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…
limit- n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit…
- n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- n. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
- n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
- n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
- n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
- v. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
- v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
- v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
measure- n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
- n. The act or result of measuring.
- n. Metrical rhythm.
- n. A course of action.
- v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
- v. To estimate the unit size of something.
- v. To judge, value, or appraise.
- v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
- v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
- v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
- v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
set- v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
- v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
- v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
- v. (transitive) To adjust.
- v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
- v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
- v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
- v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
- v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
- v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- v. (intransitive) To solidify.
- v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
- v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
- v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
- v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
- v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- v. To place or fix in a setting.
- v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
- v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
- v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
- n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
- n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
- n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
- n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
- n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
- n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
- n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
- n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
- n. A young oyster when first attached.
- n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
- n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- adj. Fixed in position.
- adj. Rigid, solidified.
- adj. Ready, prepared.
- adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
- adj. Prearranged.
- adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
- adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
- n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- n. A rudimentary fruit.
- n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
- n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- n. An object made up of several parts.
- n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
- n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
- n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- n. The scenery for a film or play.
- n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
- n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
- n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
- v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.
specify- v. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- v. (transitive) To include in a specification.
- v. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
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