Estimate
['estɪmeɪt] or ['ɛstə,met]
Definition
(noun.) a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; 'many factors are involved in any estimate of human life'; 'in my estimation the boy is innocent'.
(noun.) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; 'an estimate of what it would cost'; 'a rough idea how long it would take'.
(noun.) the respect with which a person is held; 'they had a high estimation of his ability'.
(noun.) a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; 'he got an estimate from the car repair shop'.
(verb.) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); 'I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.
(v. t.) To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.
(n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Value, appraise, rate, prize, esteem, appreciate, set a value on, set a price on.[2]. Compute, reckon, count, calculate.
n. [1]. Valuation, estimation.[2]. Calculation, computation.
Editor: Whitney
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ESTEEM]
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Examples
- Harness-maker's estimate, so much. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That's what I estimate in a man in your way of business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The lowest estimate was made by Lord Kelvin in 1867. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is a tax upon the supposed profits of the farmer, which they estimate by the stock that he has upon the farm. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Coach-maker's estimate, so much. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Goldsmith's estimate, so much. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I will not trust thee, Templar, said Rebecca; thou hast taught me better how to estimate the virtues of thine Order. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But though labour be the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities, it is not that by which their value is commonly estimated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He does this strange prospecting with an amount of gravity that can never be estimated or appreciated by a man who has not seen the operation. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We estimated his strength at 70,000. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He estimated the consumption of fuel by a theoretically perfect air engine on Mr. Stirling's principle at 0·37 lbs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Siemens had in operation a road about one thousand six hundred feet in length, on which it is estimated ninety-five thousand passengers were conveyed in seven weeks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was estimated that in 1770 there were fifteen thousand slaves in Britain, mostly brought over by their owners from the West Indies and Virginia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It must be clearly understood by the reader how sketchy and provisional all these time estimates are. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even with this last serious draw-back, however, the lowest of the various estimates given was twenty thousand pounds. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But when the road was opened for use the excess in traffic beyond the estimates was much greater than the excess in cost had been. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The army of these crusaders, according to the lowest estimates, consisted of 90,000 infantry and 40,000 horsemen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hecker estimates the total as twenty-five million dead. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mulhall estimates that the steam horse power of railroads in the world amounted in 1896 to 40,420,000, of which the United States had more than one-third. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Estimates of the age of the Big Trees vary from the Christian Era through a period dating back beyond the coming of the Christian Saviour about 4,000 years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Estimating the quantity of water which flows through the trough each second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The manner of estimating numbers in the two armies differs materially. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The sisters passed in silence through the stone gateway and up the steps, on the red carpet, a policeman estimating their progress. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The place of communication in personal doing supplies us with a criterion for estimating the value of informational material in school. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In estimating the importance and advantage of railway travelling, there must not be omitted its cheapness and comfort, compared with travelling by stage coach. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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