Definitions for estimate

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estimate es·ti·mate

Spelling: [verb es-tuh-meyt; noun

IPA: /verb ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; noun ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt/

Estimate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in estimate (aeeimstt).

Definitions for estimate

noun

1. an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
2. a judgment or opinion, as of the qualities of a person or thing.
3. a statement of the approximate charge for work to be done, submitted by a person or business firm ready to undertake the work.

verb (used with object)

1. to form an approximate judgment or opinion regarding the worth, amount, size, weight, etc., of; calculate approximately:
2. to form an opinion of; judge.

verb (used without object)

1. to make an estimate.

Origin of estimate

1525-35; Latin aestimātus, past participle of aestimāre to value, estimate; see -ate¹

Examples for estimate

He looked above to estimate the ground he could cover on the morrow.

Now, according to a recent World Food Program report (PDF), the estimate has risen to a worst-case scenario of 5.7 million.

She could not feel that she had been wrong in her estimate of John Gilman.

Lessing is obsessed with too high an estimate of the Captivi.

State officials also estimate an additional 174,000 people would drop their current coverage in order to enroll in Medicaid.

The government subsequently revised its estimate, saying that 74 percent of the trees had been affected.

Now this, it seems to me, is my point of departure for the estimate of my possible resources.

While difficult to estimate exact numbers, thousands of Americans die every year because of delayed or denied claims.

Had she grown so accustomed to her aunt Judith's estimate of Mabel that she could accept it?

Should capability delivery experience additional changes, this estimate will be revised appropriately.