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estimation [ es-tuh -mey -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɛs təˈmeɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun
judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
esteem; respect.
approximate calculation; estimate : to make an estimation of one's expenditures. OTHER WORDS FOR estimation
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Origin of estimation 1325–75; Middle English
estimacioun <Middle French <Latin
aestimātiōn- (stem of
aestimātiō ). See
estimate ,
-ion
OTHER WORDS FROM estimation pre·es·ti·ma·tion, noun re·es·ti·ma·tion, noun self-es·ti·ma·tion, noun
Words nearby estimation Estienne ,
estimable ,
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estimated date of confinement ,
estimated gestational age ,
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estimative ,
estimator ,
estipulate ,
estival ,
estivate
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Words related to estimation appraisal ,
assessment ,
evaluation ,
reckoning ,
admiration ,
appreciation ,
arithmetic ,
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consideration ,
credit ,
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favor ,
figuring ,
impression ,
judgment ,
opinion ,
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How to use estimation in a sentence Based on Watanabe and colleagues’ estimation s, Baikal seals may be getting about 20 percent of their daily calorie requirements just from amphipods.
By his estimation , Mike Tyson shed about 100 pounds for his nostalgia-filled return to the boxing ring Saturday night.
If intensity estimation s are correct, it looks to have made landfall as a major Category 3 hurricane.
The team made new estimation s of the reptiles’ weight, wing shape and wingspan, and then simulated how those features might translate into flapping, gliding or launching.
Tomi Lahren, the 28-year-old South Dakota native who is the host of Final Thoughts on Fox Nation, is equal parts telegenic, mouthy and, in her estimation at least, “relentless.”
John le Carré is notorious for taking the establishment for which he once toiled as a spy at its lowest estimation .
As for the estimation of Snowden among the Russian opposition, you must realize what his journey looks like in our eyes.
But in my estimation nothing really seems too off the charts.
And my estimation of that accomplishment grew and grew the more I put pen to paper.
So he deserves some punishment, but he has already received (in my estimation ) excessive amounts of punishment.
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
Quantitative estimation does not furnish much of definite clinical value.
Quantitative estimation of the total sulphates yields little of clinical value.
We will now mention a fact which in the estimation of all true lovers of these fine violins is to be greatly regretted.
Madame Torvestad was in the habit of writing many letters, which were held in much estimation by the Brethren around.
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British Dictionary definitions for estimation
noun
a considered opinion; judgment what is your estimation of the situation?
esteem; respect
the act of estimating
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