estimate
verb (used with object)
to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately.
will estimate
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future tenseof estimate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A software company has been awarded a contract to develop and test the technology, which will estimate a person's age by analysing photographs of them taken at the border.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
Finding a match, their system will estimate the slide's location and volume.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
The bank has warned of job cuts as part of a sweeping overhaul it unveiled in September, but has said it will estimate the scale of layoffs and cost savings in the current quarter.
From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2023
On Thursday, the government will estimate second-quarter gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the nation’s output of goods and services.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Most mechanics will estimate the size of any object measured in inches or parts of inches very closely; but as regards angular extent, except in a few instances, we will find mechanics but indifferent judges.
