estimate
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estimate
▶verb /ˈɛstɪmeɪt/ roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of. ▶noun /ˈɛstɪmət/
- 1 an approximate calculation or judgement.
■ a written statement indicating the likely price that will be charged for specified work.
- 2 an assessment of the worth of someone or something.
– derivatives
estimation noun,
estimative /-mətɪv/ adjective,
estimator noun.
estimation noun,
estimative /-mətɪv/ adjective,
estimator noun.
– origin ME: from L. aestimat-, aestimare ‘determine, appraise’.
'estimate' also found in these Oxford entries:
aim
- approximate
- assess
- average
- budget
- cast
- compare
- conservative
- cost
- credit rating
- crude
- dispute
- dose equivalent
- esteem
- forecast
- gauge
- guess
- guesstimate
- humble
- imponderable
- knot
- log
- lowball
- make
- minimize
- mismeasure
- misprize
- optimistic
- overestimate
- price
- project
- projection
- radar gun
- size
- tell
- underestimate
- value
