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Definition of guesstimate in English: guesstimate(also guestimate) noun ˈɡɛstɪmətˈɡɛstəmət informal An estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation. a rough guesstimate of public expenditure Example sentencesExamples - The guestimate of the duration assigned to an average male generation is only one statistical gap through which the carts of future study might be driven.
- Mercer's figures are, in our opinion, guesstimates at best.
- The gross city product, for one thing, is not some precise state or federal government statistic, but a rough, inexact index of economic activity, a sort of guesstimate built upon multiple other guesstimates.
- Most of these numbers, if not all of them, are guesstimates, as it were.
- This is the best deal we can offer and this is our best guestimate.
- Continuing, the chairman said that tourist numbers and tourism revenue were not crude guesstimates but rather solid projections based on the experience of comparable host ports in other countries.
- Well I think in any disaster situation the figures are rubbery and they're guesstimates at best.
- The numbers may well amount to little more than guestimates, however, because the government isn't yet collecting data.
- Finally, I'm doing the guesstimates based on what I believe will be reported on a couple of these films.
- My guesstimate is that the positives will outweigh the negatives, but that progress will be much slower than it could be with better policies.
- To this day, I have only received three reports that are nothing more than estimates and guesstimates, but little scientific analysis of the water quality or content.
- Based on guesstimates of the likely renewed whale stock, this could mean Norway raising its annual catch from 550 minkes to 2,000, and possibly extending the hunting to other species.
- Using a variety of sources, they put together a good guestimate of what the UNSC will hear.
- This too seems to be based on what may roughly be termed a guesstimate, with no consideration of the negativities.
- Some guesstimates put the true figure as high as 8%.
- Existing guesstimates are extracted and extrapolated from hospital and mortuary records, media reports and some military data.
- We're quite confident about the first list but the rest are just guesstimates.
- However, his guestimates of the cost of war put the Australian bill at $25m a day.
- There were plenty of guesstimates but, without the basic information, all subsequent valuations of the company were not worth the paper they were written on.
- But these are sophisticated guesstimates, no more.
Synonyms hypothesis, theory, prediction, postulation, conjecture
verbˈɡɛstɪmeɪtˈɡɛstəˌmeɪt [with object]informal Estimate (something) using a mixture of guesswork and calculation. the task is to guesstimate the total vote Example sentencesExamples - Since the best quality is even more important from their point of view, you can safely let them do the choosing and purchasing, and I'm sure they'll be able to correctly guesstimate the size you'll need as well.
- By the way, although we certainly weren't hating our sleeping arrangements, we guesstimated that tossing two sleeping bags and a tent onto our racks would have been easy.
- I hazard to guesstimate the total this year but it'll probably be even more crowded, especially when I'm waiting in line to eat.
- I'm really not very good at guesstimating the times that I'll race.
- Organisers guesstimated some 4,400 were in attendance.
- They are guesstimating the winds to be blowing around 60-70 knots.
- She had sort of guesstimated from their combined moods, the atmosphere one might call it, that this sort of behavior was to be expected.
- Judging from the detail level, I'd guesstimate this is about 50 metres across.
- He was tall, she guesstimated around 6 feet or so.
- During time trials, I try to guesstimate what the margin of victory is going to be, especially if the car in the other lane is similar to what I'm racing in performance.
- The point is that I guesstimate the box office every weekend based on a combination of both tracking and my intuition, personal insights, etc, etc, etc.
- I'm guesstimating the asking price was $2-3M. It would be surprising if they paid any more than that.
- American fatalities are guesstimated at under 6000.
- In 1997 the illegal pool of guns available to criminals was guesstimated at somewhere between 10,000 and 25,000.
- He was born in 1855, so, by roughly guestimating his age in the picture, I'd say that it was taken in about 1890.
- Surely some of these performers, we'd guesstimated, would hanker to wield a radical version of the ideological cannon that something called ‘country music’ regularly exploits in the interests of defense contractors and capital.
- But when 10 forensic clinicians were asked to guestimate the size of 10 test objects their performance was no better than 13 participants from another profession.
- Myself, I would guesstimate the difference between the two measurements, and then err slightly on the smaller side.
- I would guesstimate this to be about a 3 hour job.
- Okay, there is a growth in the Spanish carp fishing fraternity at the moment but it's still guestimated there are way less than a thousand serious guys.
Synonyms estimate, calculate, approximate, make a guess at, make an estimate of
Origin 1930s: blend of guess and estimate. Rhymes estimate, underestimate estimate, underestimate Definition of guesstimate in US English: guesstimate(also guestimate) nounˈɡestəmətˈɡɛstəmət informal An estimate based on a mixture of guesswork and calculation. Example sentencesExamples - Continuing, the chairman said that tourist numbers and tourism revenue were not crude guesstimates but rather solid projections based on the experience of comparable host ports in other countries.
- Well I think in any disaster situation the figures are rubbery and they're guesstimates at best.
- Using a variety of sources, they put together a good guestimate of what the UNSC will hear.
- Most of these numbers, if not all of them, are guesstimates, as it were.
- Finally, I'm doing the guesstimates based on what I believe will be reported on a couple of these films.
- But these are sophisticated guesstimates, no more.
- Based on guesstimates of the likely renewed whale stock, this could mean Norway raising its annual catch from 550 minkes to 2,000, and possibly extending the hunting to other species.
- However, his guestimates of the cost of war put the Australian bill at $25m a day.
- The gross city product, for one thing, is not some precise state or federal government statistic, but a rough, inexact index of economic activity, a sort of guesstimate built upon multiple other guesstimates.
- To this day, I have only received three reports that are nothing more than estimates and guesstimates, but little scientific analysis of the water quality or content.
- The numbers may well amount to little more than guestimates, however, because the government isn't yet collecting data.
- There were plenty of guesstimates but, without the basic information, all subsequent valuations of the company were not worth the paper they were written on.
- Existing guesstimates are extracted and extrapolated from hospital and mortuary records, media reports and some military data.
- This is the best deal we can offer and this is our best guestimate.
- This too seems to be based on what may roughly be termed a guesstimate, with no consideration of the negativities.
- Some guesstimates put the true figure as high as 8%.
- My guesstimate is that the positives will outweigh the negatives, but that progress will be much slower than it could be with better policies.
- We're quite confident about the first list but the rest are just guesstimates.
- The guestimate of the duration assigned to an average male generation is only one statistical gap through which the carts of future study might be driven.
- Mercer's figures are, in our opinion, guesstimates at best.
Synonyms hypothesis, theory, prediction, postulation, conjecture
verbˈɡɛstəˌmeɪtˈɡestəˌmāt [with object]informal Form an estimate of based on guesswork and calculation. the task is to guesstimate the total vote Example sentencesExamples - I'm really not very good at guesstimating the times that I'll race.
- Organisers guesstimated some 4,400 were in attendance.
- But when 10 forensic clinicians were asked to guestimate the size of 10 test objects their performance was no better than 13 participants from another profession.
- During time trials, I try to guesstimate what the margin of victory is going to be, especially if the car in the other lane is similar to what I'm racing in performance.
- I'm guesstimating the asking price was $2-3M. It would be surprising if they paid any more than that.
- He was tall, she guesstimated around 6 feet or so.
- They are guesstimating the winds to be blowing around 60-70 knots.
- I hazard to guesstimate the total this year but it'll probably be even more crowded, especially when I'm waiting in line to eat.
- American fatalities are guesstimated at under 6000.
- By the way, although we certainly weren't hating our sleeping arrangements, we guesstimated that tossing two sleeping bags and a tent onto our racks would have been easy.
- Okay, there is a growth in the Spanish carp fishing fraternity at the moment but it's still guestimated there are way less than a thousand serious guys.
- Since the best quality is even more important from their point of view, you can safely let them do the choosing and purchasing, and I'm sure they'll be able to correctly guesstimate the size you'll need as well.
- Judging from the detail level, I'd guesstimate this is about 50 metres across.
- She had sort of guesstimated from their combined moods, the atmosphere one might call it, that this sort of behavior was to be expected.
- In 1997 the illegal pool of guns available to criminals was guesstimated at somewhere between 10,000 and 25,000.
- He was born in 1855, so, by roughly guestimating his age in the picture, I'd say that it was taken in about 1890.
- The point is that I guesstimate the box office every weekend based on a combination of both tracking and my intuition, personal insights, etc, etc, etc.
- I would guesstimate this to be about a 3 hour job.
- Surely some of these performers, we'd guesstimated, would hanker to wield a radical version of the ideological cannon that something called ‘country music’ regularly exploits in the interests of defense contractors and capital.
- Myself, I would guesstimate the difference between the two measurements, and then err slightly on the smaller side.
Synonyms estimate, calculate, approximate, make a guess at, make an estimate of
Origin 1930s: blend of guess and estimate. |