estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
estimated
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past participleof estimate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof estimate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
estimateverb (used with object)to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
Example Sentences
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The original animated feature, which received a rare PG-13 rating, landed in third place at the domestic box office, earning an estimated $11.6 million, according to its distributor Fathom Entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Among analysts polled by FactSet, the consensus estimate for the company’s 2027 capex total was $249.42 billion, up from an estimated $80.4 billion this year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The estimated increase marks a rebound after Canadian wholesale sales fell 1.6% between July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Yet the research team has now estimated the ship and its cargo dates to around 2700–2400 BCE.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
He hadn’t seen a weather report for a couple of hours, but he estimated that the wind was blowing at least fifteen miles an hour where they were standing, and gusting to twenty-five or thirty.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
