estimative
- adjective
- /ˈɛstɪˌmeɪtɪv/
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- The estimative report provided a general forecast of the economic trends for the coming year.
- estimative intelligence
- estimative process
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The estimative process involves contact with decision-makers before and after publication.
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In some cases, outside experts may even answer key estimative questions or produce parallel estimates.
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How well did the estimative process do during the Cold War?
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The central estimative issues during the Cold War, however, concerned the Soviet Union.
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The greater the uncertainty, the greater the scope and need for estimative intelligence.
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Even though there is no longer one overriding threat, the need for estimative intelligence continues.
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While the line often blurs, estimative intelligence is more concerned with what might be or might happen: "Is Iraq still hiding weapons of mass destruction?"
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In its wake, policymakers still need estimative intelligence to help them understand the more diffuse and ambiguous threats and opportunities they face.
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But, properly conceived and effectively presented, estimative intelligence can help policymakers make better choices in a future that will contain a more complex mix of threats and opportunities.
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In the always foggy estimative arena, analysts within agencies often differ on how to interpret sparse or ambiguous material.
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Antonyms
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Etymology
Estimative comes from the Latin verb aestimare 'to value', the same root as English estimate and esteem. It describes something based on a careful 'guess' or approximation rather than an exact calculation, so an estimative judgment is a value made by estimation.