guesstimatenoun [ C ]
also guestimate uk/ˈɡes.tə.mət/us/ˈɡes.tə.mət/informalan approximate calculation of the size or amount of something when you do not know all the facts:
Current guesstimates are that the company's turnover will increase by six percent this year.
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Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the dark idiom
- approximation
- assumption
- ballpark
- bet
- conjecture
- educated guess
- estimate
- guess
- overestimate
- preception
- preconception
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposition
- shot
- sneaking
- supposition
- surmise
- underestimate
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