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estimation

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɛs.tɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/
  • US: /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Australian: /ˌes.tɪˈmæɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 S T AH0 M EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of making an estimate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.
  • The publisher made an estimation on the potential value of the new novel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Esteem or favourable regard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: opinion

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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: estimate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: judgment, judgement, assessment

Narrower terms: appraisal, capitalization, capitalisation

5

noun

Meaning 5

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: estimate, 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

6

noun

Meaning 6

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: estimate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: respect, esteem, regard

Narrower terms: reputation, report

7

noun

Meaning 7

a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appraisal, estimate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial document, commercial instrument

Narrower terms: overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal

History

Etymology

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: оценяване (ocenjavane) — the process of making an estimate
  • Bulgarian: пресмятане (presmjatane) — the process of making an estimate
  • Catalan: estimació — the process of making an estimate
  • French: estimation — the process of making an estimate
  • Galician: estimación — the process of making an estimate
  • Greek: εκτίμηση (ektímisi) — the process of making an estimate
  • Hindi: नापतौल (nāptaul) — the process of making an estimate
  • Hindi: नापजोख (nāpjokh) — the process of making an estimate
  • Hungarian: becslés — the process of making an estimate
  • Italian: stima — the process of making an estimate
  • Japanese: 見積り (mitsumori) — the process of making an estimate
  • Korean: 어림 (eorim) — the process of making an estimate
  • Korean: 추정 (chujeong) — the process of making an estimate
  • Latin: taxatio — the process of making an estimate
  • Persian: برآورد (bar-âvard) — the process of making an estimate
  • Romanian: estimare — the process of making an estimate
  • Scottish Gaelic: tomhas — the process of making an estimate
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — the process of making an estimate
  • Scottish Gaelic: barail — the process of making an estimate
  • Spanish: valoración — the process of making an estimate
  • Swedish: uppskattning — the process of making an estimate
  • Ottoman Turkish: صان (san) — the process of making an estimate
  • Bulgarian: оценка (ocenka) — value reached in an estimate
  • Galician: estimación — value reached in an estimate
  • Greek: εκτίμηση (ektímisi) — value reached in an estimate
  • Hindi: आकलन (āklan) — value reached in an estimate
  • Latin: taxātiō — value reached in an estimate
  • Swedish: uppskattning — value reached in an estimate
Real reading context

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