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
These are definitely just estimates, but still, that’s pretty damn good!
Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money. | Sigal Samuel | September 17, 2020 | VoxThough reach estimates aren’t available for mobile apps and places now.
Google custom audiences, the combo of custom affinity and custom intent audiences, now live | Ginny Marvin | September 14, 2020 | Search Engine LandA more thorough analysis would dramatically lower the cost estimate and limit the work needed and the time needed to complete it, Shapery argues.
Morning Report: Downtown Jail Outbreak Goes From Bad to Worse | Voice of San Diego | September 11, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAn objective and thorough analysis would have produced a much more limited scope of work recommendation, and a dramatically lower cost estimate.
Flaws and Assumptions Render 101 Ash St. Assessment Meaningless | Sandor Shapery | September 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoBest estimates suggest that 10 to 20 percent of students lacked access to devices such as tablets or computers, the internet or both, during the spring shift to online instruction.
Creative school plans could counter inequities exposed by COVID-19 | Sujata Gupta | September 8, 2020 | Science News
Should capability delivery experience additional changes, this estimate will be revised appropriately.
There have been at least 50 cases similar to the bathhouse raid in the last 18 months, human-rights groups estimate.
Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays | Bel Trew | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust a month from that date, he now no longer believes that to be realistic, and will no longer estimate a timeline for the trial.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start | Tim Mak | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTExperts we spoke with said this is a glaring caveat that makes it difficult to create a national estimate from the results.
While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.
My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare | Malcolm MacDougall | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.
It is impossible to form a just estimate of the Bible without some knowledge of ancient history and comparative mythology.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordIt is difficult to over-estimate the harm that has been done to public policy by this same Malthusian theory.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockWithout a knowledge of this it is self-evident that no practical estimate of expense to be incurred could possibly be made.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesThe funds assigned some years before for the support of the civil list had fallen short of the estimate.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
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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