estimation
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3.2
- noun
- /ˌɛstəˈmeɪʃən/
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estima
- Her high estimation of him was evident when she referred to him as a true leader.
- estimation bias
- own estimation
- best estimation
And I didn't think that it was a fair estimation about the conflict.
- And I didn't think that it was a fair estimation about the conflict.
- Look, the big things, this is my estimation of it.
- If that were proven to be true, would it be possible in your estimation?
- I know the Tory government, no, not by any reasonable estimation.
- So who who are the go to people in your guys's estimation?
- Like what is consciousness by your estimation?
- So these crazy, I call them crazy, but these conclusions, these, these estimations pop up in the, in the absence of information.
- And so there's this pressure that if you feel like what in order to be held in the same, you know, high estimation, I need to do this as well.
- That might be one way why an idiot might not be completely deficient in Faulkner's estimation.
- So, so their estimation was would be that this, this species of Ant like creatures is not going to survive long.
- And in their estimation, that means to exploit people, to break the rules, to throw the rule book out the window.
Examples
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So, in your estimation, what are your professional strengths?
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Which puts him a good deal higher in my estimation than you.
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That is, in my estimation, a big mistake.
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What is the worst thing in your estimation that he is doing to Russia?
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In your estimation, is this our only course of action?
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Everything with me depends upon the estimation in which I am held.
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Who, in your estimation, is that sympathetic ear?
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By my estimation it's the largest anyone's ever seen.
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Representative Delano declared: "It needs no law, in my estimation, to make citizens of these emancipated people."
Academic text (2002) -
Now, by my estimation, we've had 11 meetings so far this year, and neither Timmy's grades nor his behavior are improving.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person's view about something
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3.1
A quick idea you form about someone or something
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2.8
A decision about how good someone's work or skills are
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5.1
An estimate of how much something is worth
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6.5
An opinion about the value and quality of a person or thing
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4.3
A judgment of how well someone does their job or how much something is worth
Antonyms
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8.1
Talking about someone in a way that shows dislike and makes them seem unimportant
Compounds
- Specialized
A field that studies how to find out about a group or process from data
How Favorable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Estimation comes from the Latin aestimare 'to value', and it is the same root as esteem. So, to be in someone's estimation is to be 'valued' or well thought of by others.