estimation
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3.4
- noun
- /ˌɛstəˈmeɪʃən/
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estimación
- So what do we do to get a good estimation of that sum?
- likelihood estimation
- maximum likelihood estimation
- model estimation
This is the bond markets estimation of future inflation.
- This is the bond markets estimation of future inflation.
- And it all starts from that first inaccurate estimation of what's going on.
- So my estimation is Hyperloop is a long lot, long, a lot further off.
- So science cases is there the technical case and the R&D; needed and the cost estimation.
- And this helps us deal with things like sensory noise actuation, noise estimation, uncertainty, and so on.
- Sam Harris has a point around this that he says the entire Internet made a price estimation error in terms of how much it values content.
- So the sort of fundamentals of biometrics are similar in terms of facial recognition and ancestry estimation from the cranium.
- Again, potentially oversimplifying, but how is that happening in your, you know, either evidence or, or estimation?
Examples
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This is the bond markets estimation of future inflation.
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Following this, we give an account of the estimation process and present the basic demand estimates.
Academic text (1991) -
This is a rough estimation, but let's just say that the human eye has 12 working parts, right?
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Boys generally provide lower estimations of their reading abilities than girls do.
Academic text (2012) -
By my estimations, we'll need to raise around $5,000.
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Josh Billings By any estimation, the Concorde jet was a striking achievement in aeronautical engineering.
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To get a rough estimation of the project's cost, we need to gather more data.
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Her estimation of the number of attendees was surprisingly accurate.
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Based on the initial data, our estimation of the population in the area is about 10,000.
Synonyms
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2.6
A rough calculation of a number, amount or size
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5.1
An estimate of how much something is worth
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4.3
A rough estimate of a cost or amount
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4.4
A close but not exact number or description
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7.1
A way of calculating numbers to find an amount
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8.2
A rough calculation used when exact numbers are not available
A careful guess about size, amount, or cost of something
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A field that studies how to find out about a group or process from data
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Estimation comes from the Latin aestimare 'to value' and shares the root with estimate, which is a guess about value or amount. That's why an estimation can mean an approximate calculation — a quick way to give a value.