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estimate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/
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• /ˈɛs.tə.mət/

Etymology

From Middle English estimat, borrowed from Latin aestimātus (“valuing, estimate”, only used in the ablative singular: "aestimātū..." (in valuing...)), from aestimō + -tus (“action noun-forming suffix”).

Meanings

1. A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
   • “They know our boats will stand up to their work,” said Willison, “and that counts for a good deal. A low estimate from us doesn't mean scamped work, but just that we want to keep the yard busy over a slack time.” 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 3, in Well Tackled!:
2. (in business and construction, specifically) A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. ▸ A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.
3. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
   • The desired norm estimate is now obtained from the identity... [referring to an earlier statement saying that a certain norm is less than or equal to a certain expression] 1992, Louis de Branges, “The convergence of Euler functions”, in Journal of Functional Analysis, →DOI, page 185:

Forms

Coordinates

esteem · esteem

Deriveds

Fermi estimate · ballpark estimate · guesstimate · reestimate · counterestimate · guestimate · subestimate · costimate · misestimate · cost estimate

Hypernyms

quote · quote

Synonyms

estimation · appraisal · appraisal · estimation

Translations (65)

vi ước lượng (rough calculation or guess) · sv skattning (rough calculation or guess) · ro estimare (rough calculation or guess) · ru оце́нка (rough calculation or guess) · es estimación (rough calculation or guess) · de Abschätzung (rough calculation or guess) · fr devis ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · sl ocena (rough calculation or guess) · da estimat (rough calculation or guess) · pl kosztorys ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · hi अनुमान (rough calculation or guess) · uk кошто́рис ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · de Schätzung (rough calculation or guess) · bg приблизителна оценка (rough calculation or guess) · te అంచనా (rough calculation or guess) · bg осметка ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · sv uppskattning (rough calculation or guess) · ro antecalcul ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · pl oszacowanie (rough calculation or guess) · hu költségbecslés ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · bg пресмятане (rough calculation or guess) · fi arvio ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · fi arvio (rough calculation or guess) · el υπολογισμός (rough calculation or guess) · pt estimativa (rough calculation or guess) · sv kostnadsberäkning ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · nl schatting (rough calculation or guess) · de Voranschlag ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · uk оці́нка (rough calculation or guess) · nl raming ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · tl taya (rough calculation or guess) · eo taksi (rough calculation or guess) · is kostnaðaráætlun ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · ga meastachán (rough calculation or guess) · el εκτίμηση (rough calculation or guess) · ru сме́та ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · bho आकलन (rough calculation or guess) · cs odhad (rough calculation or guess) · tl tantiya (rough calculation or guess) · it stima (rough calculation or guess) · pt cálculo (rough calculation or guess) · hi आकलन (rough calculation or guess) · km អាគណនា ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · et hinnang (rough calculation or guess) · hu becslés (rough calculation or guess) · pt estimativa ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · ro antecalculație ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · cy amcangyfrif (rough calculation or guess) · fo ætl (rough calculation or guess) · ga meastachán ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · hu költségvetés ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · ru расчёт ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · ja 推定 (rough calculation or guess) · km វោលោកនៈ (rough calculation or guess) · ota تقدیر (rough calculation or guess) · es presupuesto (rough calculation or guess) · uk кошто́рис (rough calculation or guess) · cmn 估計 /估计 (rough calculation or guess) · bg калкулация ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · hu díjkalkuláció ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · gd tuairmse (rough calculation or guess) · fr estimation (rough calculation or guess) · it preventivo ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost) · is áætlun (rough calculation or guess) · el εκτίμηση ((construction and business) a document specifying how much a job will probably cost)

estimate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪt/
• /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪt/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimātus, perfect passive participle of aestimō (“to estimate”) (see -ate), older form aestumō (“to value, rate, esteem”); from Old Latin *ais-temos (“one who cuts copper”), meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. Compare Middle English estymatt (“reputed”) / estimat. See also the doublet esteem, as well as aim.

Meanings

1. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
   • I estimate that I need 400 board feet of lumber to complete a job, and then order 350 because I do not want a surplus, or perhaps order 450 because I do not want to make any subsequent orders. 1965, Ian Hacking, Logic of Statistical Inference:
   • Higher real prices for durables are estimated to have reduced their consumption per capita by 1.09% in 1930, […] 2003, Alexander J. Field, Gregory Clark, William A. Sundstrom, Research in Economic History:
2. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
   • It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them. 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:
   • It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living. 1870, John Campbell Shairp, Culture and Religion in Some of Their Relations:

Forms

Deriveds

estimation · guesstimate · estimator · reestimate · estimatable · underestimate · guestimate · estimable · subestimate · costimate · estimatingly · misestimate · overestimate

Synonyms

assess · give (partial synonyms:) · appraise · approximate · put

Translations (48)

fr estimer (to calculate roughly) · sv uppskatta (to calculate roughly) · cmn 估計 /估计 (to calculate roughly) · uk оці́нювати (to calculate roughly) · it stimare (to calculate roughly) · ang pinsian (to calculate roughly) · ru оце́нивать (to calculate roughly) · hi आकलन (to calculate roughly) · nb anslå (to calculate roughly) · sl oceniti (to calculate roughly) · hu becsül (to calculate roughly) · tyz ưởm (to calculate roughly) · cmn 預計 /预计 (to calculate roughly) · hi अनुमान (to calculate roughly) · th กะ (to calculate roughly) · pt estimar (to calculate roughly) · es estimar (to calculate roughly) · cmn 預估 /预估 (to calculate roughly) · tyz ấn (to calculate roughly) · de abschätzen (to calculate roughly) · tl tayahin (to calculate roughly) · da estimere (to calculate roughly) · km កាត់ស្មាន (to calculate roughly) · bg оценявам (to calculate roughly) · km ធ្វើស្ថិតិ (to calculate roughly) · vi ước lượng (to calculate roughly) · cmn 估算 (to calculate roughly) · tl tantiyahin (to calculate roughly) · ota اورامق (to calculate roughly) · nb estimere (to calculate roughly) · cs odhadnout (to calculate roughly) · km គណនា (to calculate roughly) · nn estimere (to calculate roughly) · tyz cay mà (to calculate roughly) · pl szacować (to calculate roughly) · ru оцени́ть (to calculate roughly) · el εκτιμώ (to calculate roughly) · fa تخمین زدن (to calculate roughly) · de schätzen (to calculate roughly) · cy amcangyfrif (to calculate roughly) · bg пресмятам (to calculate roughly) · fi arvioida (to calculate roughly) · te అంచనా వేయు (to calculate roughly) · nn anslå (to calculate roughly) · nl schatten (to calculate roughly) · sga midithir (to calculate roughly) · is áætla (to calculate roughly) · ga meas (to calculate roughly)

estimate en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin aestimātus (“estimated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more. Originally used as the past participle of estimate; compare generate or communicate.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, rare) estimated

Forms