estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
will be estimating
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future progressiveof estimate.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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A more systematic and understanding social science will be estimating the probable growth and movement of population, and planning town and country on lines that would seem to-day almost inconceivably wise and generous.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
