to estimate
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2.8
- verb
- /ˈɛstɪmeɪt/
:
estimar
- It's difficult to estimate the time needed to complete the project accurately.
- estimate the cost
- estimate the number
- estimate the value
Like trigonometry had already managed to estimate the size of the Earth.
- Like trigonometry had already managed to estimate the size of the Earth.
- That the brain itself has to estimate moment by moment.
- Use the German tank maths here, and you can estimate how many iPhones they're selling.
- How many do you estimate you could possibly take out of that?
- So right there on the spot, you estimate how much it would cost.
- And then they asked people to estimate the speed of the two cars in mph.
- You can use this to estimate how far the sun will travel in one hour.
- And what's even worse than that is no one estimating anything, right?
- Well, you can say, let's give up on estimate the whole function.
Examples
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So right there on the spot, you estimate how much it would cost.
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Could you estimate an age?
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We want to estimate the size of B.
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How many do you estimate you could possibly take out of that?
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I mean, it's hard enough to estimate cash flows next year.
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And then we estimate what are the future cash flows.
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And then they asked people to estimate the speed of the two cars in mph.
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Now, how would you estimate my risk aversion?
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And that allows us to estimate all these probabilities.
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Sir, if we continue to lose fuel at the present rate... ...I estimate we only have 38 minutes flying time... ...which will not even take us as far as the primary.
Synonyms
∞
3.8
To think about something to find an answer
∞
1.0
To form an opinion or estimate without enough information
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3.0
To decide how much money something should cost
74
3.5
To measure amount, size, or quality of something
54
2.5
To say what will probably happen using information, for example about weather or business
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1.4
To check how much something costs
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4.0
To calculate an amount or number
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4.3
To make a rough guess about a number or amount
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6.5
To make a rough guess using a quick calculation when you lack exact information
To measure how much, how big and how good something is
To find how much something is worth
To give a rough guess about a number or amount when you have little information
Compounds
- Specialized
A price plan for a job based on the actual time spent and materials used
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Estimate comes from the Latin aestimare, 'to value', and that root reminds us that the verb is about giving a value or number. So to estimate something is to judge or calculate an approximate amount.