Estimated Estimate ˈestɪmeɪt Cost Million Number Verb Cost/Value/Number

• to estimate the cost/value/number of something
• the satellite will cost an estimated £400 million.
• police estimate the crowd at 30 000.
• all variables can be estimated from the data.

estimate

Verb Forms

1. to form an idea of the cost, size, value etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly
• to estimate the cost/value/number of something
• The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million.
• Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.
• All variables can be estimated from the data.
• The number of breeding pairs was estimated as the number of pairs building nests.
• The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million.
• We estimated (that) it would cost about €5 000.
• It is estimated (that) the project will last four years.
• It is hard to estimate how many children suffer from dyslexia.

Extra Examples

• Estimate the time it will take to complete each section.
• Samples are usually used to estimate paramaters.
• The scale of the problem has been estimated by a number of different surveys.
• This made it possible to estimate the effect of workplace ventilation.
• The results of the survey were used to estimate the preferences of the population at large.
• The strike was officially estimated to have cost $80 million.
• We estimated that the distance would be roughly 200 km.
• It is conservatively estimated that not less than half a million people died in the famine.