Estimation
[estɪ'meɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛstɪ'meʃən]
Definition
(v. t.) The act of estimating.
(v. t.) An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.
(v. t.) Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.
(v. t.) Supposition; conjecture.
Editor: Rufus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Valuation, appraisement, appreciation, estimate, judgment, opinion, esteem.[2]. Respect, honor, regard, reverence, favorable opinion.
Typist: Nelda
Examples
- By the rules of precedency, a captain in the navy ranks with a colonel in the army; but he does not rank with him in the common estimation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You have deserved my trust, and, what is of far more importance in my estimation, you have deserved my father's trust, out of which mine grew. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One King, holding the curse in light estimation, made the attempt, but was stricken sorely for his presumption. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In her estimation, to be mirthful was to be profane, to be cheerful was to be frivolous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In their own estimation they were aliens in the country which had given them birth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It agrees nearly with the estimation of the Northumberland book in 1512. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Had Rachel reverted to this unlucky accident, at the critical moment when my place in her estimation was again, and far more seriously, assailed? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In two short days he has made his way straight into my favourable estimation, and how he has worked the miracle is more than I can tell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It does him the highest honour; it shews his proper estimation of the blessing of domestic happiness and pure attachment. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mr. Franklin replied that a course of medicine, and a course of groping in the dark, meant, in his estimation, one and the same thing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I could see that I sank in his estimation as a dangerous man from that moment. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Excuse my being a little out of temper; I'm degraded in my own estimation--I have let Rosanna Spearman puzzle me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He was well known as a philosopher, and his character was held in the highest estimation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is a low feeling in their estimation, connected only with low ideas for them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the household book of Henry, the fifth earl of Northumberland, drawn up in 1512 there are two different estimations of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Edited by Hilda