estimate
Use Estimate in a sentence
təˌmeɪt; verb (used with object)
1.
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.
2.
to form an opinion of; judge.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make an estimate.
noun
4.
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
5.
a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
6.
a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.
Related forms
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.
Synonyms
1. compute, count, reckon, gauge, assess, value, evaluate, appraise. 4. valuation, calculation, appraisal.
1. compute, count, reckon, gauge, assess, value, evaluate, appraise. 4. valuation, calculation, appraisal.
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World English Dictionary
| estimate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to form an approximate idea of (distance, size, cost, etc); calculate roughly; gauge |
| 2. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to form an opinion about; judge: to estimate one's chances |
| 3. | to submit (an approximate price) for (a job) to a prospective client |
| 4. | (tr) statistics See estimator 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 |
| —n | |
| 5. | an approximate calculation |
| 6. | a statement indicating the likely charge for or cost of certain work |
| 7. | a judgment; appraisal; opinion |
| [C16: from Latin aestimāre to assess the worth of, of obscure origin] | |
| 'estimative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
estimate
1560s, from L. aestimatus, verbal noun from aestimare (see esteem). As a builder's statement of projected costs, from 1796.
estimate
1590s, "appraise the worth of," from L. aestimat-, pp. stem of aestimare (see esteem). Meaning "form an approximate notion" is from 1660s. Related: Estimated; estimates; estimating.
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Example sentences
Administration officials said the new cost estimate was not ready .
He also declined to give an estimate of the system's price.
The government's latest estimate of the size of the spill is thirty-five to sixty thousand barrels per day.
It's still an estimate that seems highly questionable.
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