estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
has estimated
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present perfectof estimate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In Spain, the Carlos III Health Institute has estimated more than 5,000 heat-related deaths from June to August, a record since its statistics began in 2015.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Wedbush Securities has estimated that Amazon needs 578 satellites in orbit to begin commercial services.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has estimated the war has cost the United States at least $37.5 billion.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
An industry group, Flowers Canada Growers, has estimated that the new tariffs could cost the floriculture sector $151 million in annual losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The historian Alan Gallay has estimated that between 1670 and 1715 English slavers in the South sold somewhere between thirty and fifty thousand native people.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
