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estimation - 4 dictionary results

es⋅ti⋅ma⋅tion

[es-tuh-mey-shuhn]
–noun
1. judgment or opinion: In my estimation the boy is guilty.
2. esteem; respect.
3. approximate calculation; estimate: to make an estimation of one's expenditures.

Origin:
1325–75; ME estimacioun < MF < L aestimātiōn- (s. of aestimātiō). See estimate, -ion


2. appreciation, regard, honor, veneration.
es·ti·ma·tion   (ěs'tə-mā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act or an instance of estimating.
    2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
  1. An opinion or a judgment.
  2. Favorable regard; esteem.

Estimation

Es`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]

1. The act of estimating. --Shak.

2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.

If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. --Lev. xxvii. 8.

3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.

I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders. --Wisdom viii. 10.

4. Supposition; conjecture.

I speak not this in estimation, As what I think might be, but what I know. --Shak.

Syn: Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n.
Language Translation for : estimation
Spanish: juicio,
German: das Urteil,
Japanese: 評価

estimation 
c.1374, from O.Fr. estimacion, from L. æstimationem (nom. æstimatio) "a valuation," from æstimare "to value" (see esteem). The verb estimate is first recorded 1532.
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