estimative

[ es-tuh-mey-tiv ]

adjective

1. capable of estimating.
2. pertaining to or based upon estimation; estimated.

Word History and Origins

Origin of estimative¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Medieval Latin word aestimātīvus. See estimate, -ive

Example Sentences

A newcomer to analysis could be forgiven for underestimating the value of successive articles about the same country, region or city that share similar probabilistic and estimative language.

From Washington Post

The three types of finished intelligence are: basic, current, and estimative.

From Project Gutenberg

Estimative intelligence judges probable outcomes.

From Project Gutenberg

The three are mutually supportive: basic intelligence is the foundation on which the other two are constructed; current intelligence continually updates the inventory of knowledge; and estimative intelligence revises overall interpretations of country and issue prospects for guidance of basic and current intelligence.

From Project Gutenberg

Turgot distinguishes between “valeur estimative” and “échangeable or appréciative;” the former designating the relation between the amount of energy, physical and mental, which one is willing to spend in order to obtain the goods, to the sum total of his energies, physical and mental; the latter the relation between the aggregate like energy of two persons which they are willing to spend in order to procure each of the goods to be exchanged, and the sum total of their energies in general.

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