estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
estimates
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pluralof estimate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof estimate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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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Having roughly doubled in price this year, Marvell shares now trade at about 65 times trailing estimates for earnings per share, according to FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Cami Kwan, director of Burbank, Calif.-based stop-motion studio Apartment D Films, which animated the e.l.f. spot, estimates that inbound inquiries have doubled over the past two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
According to the researchers, the newer guidelines communicate a useful 'less-is-best' principle but lack specific numerical estimates that would help people understand how health risks change with consumption.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The diesel sales and lifting of sanctions could provide Russia with tens of millions of dollars per month, estimates Sergey Vakulenko of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, who calls it “small fry for Russia.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
He was sixty-eight and a widower twice over; she was in her twenties—no one knew exactly where in her twenties, but estimates put her between twenty-one and twenty-seven years old.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
