estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
self-estimate
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a word derived from
estimate.
Example Sentences
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In 84 years of almost constant exercise, Nancy Aster's acerbic tongue and quixotic heart led many to agree with her self-estimate.
From Time Magazine Archive
His self-estimate showed itself correct during the War, when he roared against the Hun as loudly as any Horatio Bottomley, prophesied speedy victory often, always incorrectly.
From Time Magazine Archive
For his own epitaph he furnished a shrewd, unblinking self-estimate: Sometimes thinking aloud He went his own way.
From Time Magazine Archive
His self-estimate may be sophisticated and in error or primitive and correct.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others cling to the need of their own self-approval; they are aristocrats, firm and secure in their self-estimate.
From The Foundations of Personality by Abraham Myerson
