verb (used with object),es·ti·mat·ed,es·ti·mat·ing.
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.
to form an opinion of; judge.
verb (used without object),es·ti·mat·ed,es·ti·mat·ing.
to make an estimate.
noun
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.
Origin of estimate
1525–35; <Latin aestimātus, past participle of aestimāre to value, estimate; see -ate1
es·ti·mat·ing·ly,adverbes·ti·ma·tor,nounpre·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.re·es·ti·mate,nounself-es·ti·mate,nounun·es·ti·mat·ed,adjectivewell-es·ti·mat·ed,adjective
Words nearby estimate
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These are definitely just estimates, but still, that’s pretty damn good!
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Though reach estimates aren’t available for mobile apps and places now.
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A more thorough analysis would dramatically lower the cost estimate and limit the work needed and the time needed to complete it, Shapery argues.
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An objective and thorough analysis would have produced a much more limited scope of work recommendation, and a dramatically lower cost estimate.
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Best estimates suggest that 10 to 20 percent of students lacked access to devices such as tablets or computers, the internet or both, during the spring shift to online instruction.
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Should capability delivery experience additional changes, this estimate will be revised appropriately.
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While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.
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The government subsequently revised its estimate, saying that 74 percent of the trees had been affected.
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State officials also estimate an additional 174,000 people would drop their current coverage in order to enroll in Medicaid.
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Now, according to a recent World Food Program report (PDF), the estimate has risen to a worst-case scenario of 5.7 million.
A committee was also appointed to bring in an estimate of money necessary to be raised.
The Colonization of North America|Herbert Eugene Bolton
They estimate the efficacy of prayer by its quantity and not by its quality.
Wit and Humor of the Bible|Marion D. Shutter
And he made straight for the place, as near as he could estimate, where the man had emerged.
An Oregon Girl|Alfred Ernest Rice
This estimate M. Troyon endeavoured to make—an undertaking of a very interesting nature.
Primitive Man|Louis Figuier
In his own estimate, the most honorable trait of his character was that "no Athenian through his means had ever put on mourning."
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British Dictionary definitions for estimate
estimate
verb (ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt)
to form an approximate idea of (distance, size, cost, etc); calculate roughly; gauge
(tr; may take a clause as object)to form an opinion about; judgeto estimate one's chances
to submit (an approximate price) for (a job) to a prospective client
(tr)statisticsto assign a value (a point estimate) or range of values (an interval estimate) to a parameter of a population on the basis of sampling statisticsSee estimator
noun (ˈɛstɪmɪt)
an approximate calculation
a statement indicating the likely charge for or cost of certain work
a judgment; appraisal; opinion
Derived forms of estimate
estimative, adjective
Word Origin for estimate
C16: from Latin aestimāre to assess the worth of, of obscure origin