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estimate

[ verb es-tuh-meyt; noun es-tuh-mit, -meyt ]

verb (used with object)

, es·ti·mat·ed, es·ti·mat·ing.
  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.

    Synonyms: appraise, evaluate, value, assess, gauge, reckon, count, compute

  2. to form an opinion of; judge.


verb (used without object)

, es·ti·mat·ed, es·ti·mat·ing.
  1. to make an estimate.

noun

  1. an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.

    Synonyms: appraisal, calculation, valuation

  2. a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
  3. a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.

estimate

verb

  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 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 See estimator
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an approximate calculation
  2. a statement indicating the likely charge for or cost of certain work
  3. a judgment; appraisal; opinion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈestimative, adjective
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Other Words From

  • esti·mating·ly adverb
  • esti·mator noun
  • pre·esti·mate verb (used with object) preestimated preestimating
  • pre·esti·mate noun
  • re·esti·mate verb (used with object) reestimated reestimating
  • re·esti·mate noun
  • self-esti·mate noun
  • un·esti·mated adjective
  • well-esti·mated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of estimate1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin aestimātus “valued,” past participle of aestimāre “to value, fix the value of”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of estimate1

C16: from Latin aestimāre to assess the worth of, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

The US and South Korea estimate Pyongyang has now sent Moscow 16,000 shipping containers filled with artillery shells and rockets, while remnants of exploded North Korean ballistic missiles have been recovered on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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Most modern leases allow for the service charge to be payable in advance of the landlord incurring the costs, based on an estimate of costs in the coming year.

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If they exceed the estimate, they can get the shortfall from a leaseholder using something called a "balancing charge".

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He then used statistical models to try to estimate the influence of each variable on longevity.

At Sotheby’s, the banana returned with an estimate between $1 million and $1.5 million, but the final price with fees sextupled its low estimate.

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