adj
Meaning 1
estimated
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
estimate
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/
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/ˈɛs.tə.mət/
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/ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimation, appraisal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quote
noun
Meaning 3
A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimation, appraisal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quote
noun
Meaning 4
An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
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noun
Meaning 7
a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- many factors are involved in any estimate of human life
- in my estimation the boy is innocent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judgment, judgement, assessment
Narrower terms: appraisal, capitalization, capitalisation
noun
Meaning 8
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimation, approximation, idea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning
Narrower terms: scalage, credit rating, credit, guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning, guesstimate, guestimate, overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning, underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning
noun
Meaning 9
the respect with which a person is held
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they had a high estimation of his ability
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: estimation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: respect, esteem, regard
Narrower terms: reputation, report
noun
Meaning 10
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appraisal, estimation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial document, commercial instrument
Narrower terms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal
noun
Meaning 11
a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he got an estimate from the car repair shop
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: statement
verb
Meaning 12
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gauge, approximate, guess, judge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Narrower terms: quantize, quantise, misgauge, place, put, set, give, lowball, underestimate, assess, make, reckon, count, truncate, guesstimate
verb
Meaning 13
judge to be probable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calculate, reckon, count on, figure, forecast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Narrower terms: allow, take into account
History
Etymology
From Latin aestimātus (“estimated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more. Originally used as the past participle of estimate; compare generate or communicate.
From Middle English estimat, borrowed from Latin aestimātus (“valuing, estimate”, only used in the ablative singular: "aestimātū..." (in valuing...)), from aestimō + -tus (“action noun-forming suffix”).
Borrowed from Latin aestimātus, perfect passive participle of aestimō (“to estimate”) (see -ate), older form aestumō (“to value, rate, esteem”); from Old Latin *ais-temos (“one who cuts copper”), meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. Compare Middle English estymatt (“reputed”) / estimat. See also the doublet esteem, as well as aim.
Across languages
Translations
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bhojpuri: आकलन (ākəlan) — rough calculation or guess
- Bulgarian: пресмятане (presmjatane) — rough calculation or guess
- Bulgarian: приблизителна оценка (priblizitelna ocenka) — rough calculation or guess
- Chinese Mandarin: 估計 /估计 (gūjì) — rough calculation or guess
- Czech: odhad — rough calculation or guess
- Danish: estimat — rough calculation or guess
- Dutch: schatting — rough calculation or guess
- Esperanto: taksi — rough calculation or guess
- Estonian: hinnang — rough calculation or guess
- Faroese: ætl — rough calculation or guess
- Finnish: arvio — rough calculation or guess
- French: estimation — rough calculation or guess
- German: Schätzung — rough calculation or guess
- German: Abschätzung — rough calculation or guess
- Greek: υπολογισμός (ypologismós) — rough calculation or guess
- Greek: εκτίμηση (ektímisi) — rough calculation or guess
- Hindi: आकलन (āklan) — rough calculation or guess
- Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — rough calculation or guess
- Hungarian: becslés — rough calculation or guess
- Icelandic: áætlun — rough calculation or guess
- Irish: meastachán — rough calculation or guess
- Italian: stima — rough calculation or guess
- Japanese: 推定 (suitei) — rough calculation or guess
- Khmer: វោលោកនៈ (voulouka’na’) — rough calculation or guess
- Polish: oszacowanie — rough calculation or guess
- Portuguese: estimativa — rough calculation or guess
- Portuguese: cálculo — rough calculation or guess
- Romanian: estimare — rough calculation or guess
- Russian: оце́нка (océnka) — rough calculation or guess
- Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — rough calculation or guess
- Slovene: ocena — rough calculation or guess
- Spanish: presupuesto — rough calculation or guess
- Spanish: estimación — rough calculation or guess
- Swedish: uppskattning — rough calculation or guess
- Swedish: skattning — rough calculation or guess
- Tagalog: taya — rough calculation or guess
- Tagalog: tantiya — rough calculation or guess
- Telugu: అంచనా (añcanā) — rough calculation or guess
- Ottoman Turkish: تقدیر (takdir) — rough calculation or guess
- Ukrainian: оці́нка (ocínka) — rough calculation or guess
- Ukrainian: кошто́рис (koštórys) — rough calculation or guess
- Vietnamese: ước lượng — rough calculation or guess
- Welsh: amcangyfrif — rough calculation or guess
- Bulgarian: осметка (osmetka) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Bulgarian: калкулация (kalkulacija) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Dutch: raming — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Finnish: arvio — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- French: devis — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- German: Voranschlag — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Greek: εκτίμηση (ektímisi) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Hungarian: költségbecslés — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Hungarian: költségvetés — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Hungarian: díjkalkuláció — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Icelandic: kostnaðaráætlun — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Irish: meastachán — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Italian: preventivo — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Khmer: អាគណនា (aakea’na’nie) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Polish: kosztorys — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Portuguese: estimativa — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Romanian: antecalculație — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Romanian: antecalcul — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Russian: сме́та (sméta) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Russian: расчёт (rasčót) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Swedish: kostnadsberäkning — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Ukrainian: кошто́рис (koštórys) — (construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost
- Bulgarian: оценявам (ocenjavam) — to calculate roughly
- Bulgarian: пресмятам (presmjatam) — to calculate roughly
- Chinese Mandarin: 估計 /估计 (gūjì) — to calculate roughly
- Chinese Mandarin: 預估 /预估 (yùgū) — to calculate roughly
- Chinese Mandarin: 預計 /预计 (yùjì) — to calculate roughly
- Chinese Mandarin: 估算 (gūsuàn) — to calculate roughly
- Czech: odhadnout — to calculate roughly
- Danish: estimere — to calculate roughly
- Dutch: schatten — to calculate roughly
- Finnish: arvioida — to calculate roughly
- French: estimer — to calculate roughly
- German: abschätzen — to calculate roughly
- German: schätzen — to calculate roughly
- Greek: εκτιμώ (ektimó) — to calculate roughly
- Hindi: आकलन (āklan) — to calculate roughly
- Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — to calculate roughly
- Hungarian: becsül — to calculate roughly
- Icelandic: áætla — to calculate roughly
- Irish: meas — to calculate roughly
- Old Irish: midithir — to calculate roughly
- Italian: stimare — to calculate roughly
- Khmer: ធ្វើស្ថិតិ (tvəə sthe’te’) — to calculate roughly
- Khmer: កាត់ស្មាន (kat smaan) — to calculate roughly
- Khmer: គណនា (kʊənna’nie) — to calculate roughly
- Norwegian Bokmål: anslå — to calculate roughly
- Norwegian Bokmål: estimere — to calculate roughly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: anslå — to calculate roughly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: estimere — to calculate roughly
- Old English: pinsian — to calculate roughly
- Persian: تخمین زدن (taxmin zadan) — to calculate roughly
- Polish: szacować — to calculate roughly
- Portuguese: estimar — to calculate roughly
- Russian: оце́нивать (océnivatʹ) — to calculate roughly
- Russian: оцени́ть (ocenítʹ) — to calculate roughly
- Slovene: oceniti — to calculate roughly
- Spanish: estimar — to calculate roughly
- Swedish: uppskatta — to calculate roughly
- Tagalog: tayahin — to calculate roughly
- Tagalog: tantiyahin — to calculate roughly
- Tày: ấn — to calculate roughly
- Tày: cay mà — to calculate roughly
- Tày: ưởm — to calculate roughly
- Telugu: అంచనా వేయు (añcanā vēyu) — to calculate roughly
- Thai: กะ (gà) — to calculate roughly
- Ottoman Turkish: اورامق (oramak) — to calculate roughly
- Ukrainian: оці́нювати (ocínjuvaty) — to calculate roughly
- Vietnamese: ước lượng — to calculate roughly
- Welsh: amcangyfrif — to calculate roughly
Real reading context