estimate
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately: to estimate the cost of a college education.
to form an opinion of; judge.
to make an estimate.
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.
Origin of estimate
1Other words for estimate
Other words from estimate
- es·ti·mat·ing·ly, adverb
- es·ti·ma·tor, noun
- pre·es·ti·mate, verb (used with object), pre·es·ti·mat·ed, pre·es·ti·mat·ing.
- pre·es·ti·mate, noun
- re·es·ti·mate, verb (used with object), re·es·ti·mat·ed, re·es·ti·mat·ing.
- re·es·ti·mate, noun
- self-es·ti·mate, noun
- un·es·ti·mat·ed, adjective
- well-es·ti·mat·ed, adjective
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How to use estimate in a sentence
Yet, with a natural human self-estimate, Raymond believed he had created a much greater part than Mark Twain had written.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThe correctness of self-estimate marks the difference between the cultivated and the uncultivated mind.
Talks on Writing English | Arlo BatesThat was just what Ray Ingraham did see; only he hardly set it down in his self-estimate at its full value.
The Other Girls | Mrs. A. D. T. WhitneyAnd I venture to say, in two or three words, what I think you and I will never have unless we have this lowly self-estimate.
Expositions of Holy Scripture | Alexander MaclarenShould he be at any time inclined to such a self-estimate, let him refer his judgment to his ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Rhcus.’
British Dictionary definitions for estimate
to form an approximate idea of (distance, size, cost, etc); calculate roughly; gauge
(tr; may take a clause as object) to form an opinion about; judge: to estimate one's chances
to submit (an approximate price) for (a job) to a prospective client
(tr) statistics to assign a value (a point estimate) or range of values (an interval estimate) to a parameter of a population on the basis of sampling statistics: See estimator
an approximate calculation
a statement indicating the likely charge for or cost of certain work
a judgment; appraisal; opinion
Origin of estimate
1Derived forms of estimate
- estimative, adjective
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