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estimate(verb)BrE / ˈestɪmeɪt / NAmE / ˈestɪmeɪt / - to form an idea of the cost, size, value etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly
- The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million.
- Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.
- 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- It is conservatively estimated that not less than half a million people died in the famine.
- 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.
- This made it possible to estimate the effect of workplace ventilation.
- We estimated the cost at €50 000.
- how to roughly estimate your caloric intake
- substantially more than previously estimated
- Estimate the time it will take to complete each section.
- It is estimated that the project will last about four years.
- It’s hard to estimate just how many children are living in poverty.
- Police estimated the size of the crowd at 50 000.
- The deal is estimated to be worth over a million pounds.
- The satellite will cost an estimated $500m.
- The scale of the problem has been estimated by a number of different surveys.
- We estimated that the distance would be roughly 200 km.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they estimate
- he / she / it estimates
- past simple estimated
- past participle estimated
- -ing form estimating
Word Origin- late Middle English: from Latin aestimat- ‘determined, appraised’, from the verb aestimare. The noun originally meant ‘intellectual ability, comprehension’ (only in late Middle English), later ‘valuing, a valuation’ (compare with estimation). The verb originally meant ‘to think well or badly of someone or something’ (late 15th cent.), later ‘regard as being, consider to be’ (compare with esteem).
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