ESTIMATE
\ˈɛstɪmət], \ˈɛstɪmət], \ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_m_ə_t]\
Definitions of ESTIMATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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judge to be probable
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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"
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the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
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a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"
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judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
By Princeton University
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judge to be probable
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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"
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the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
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a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To judge of the worth of a thing: to calculate.
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A valuing in the mind: judgment or opinion of the worth or size of anything: a rough calculation.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Valuation; opinion or judgment formed of the quantity, extent, worth, expense, &c.; computation; calculation; value;—pl. Official statement of the probable expense in any governmental department;—offers of a contractor to execute work, or furnish goods, &c., for a fixed sum, or at a specified rate.
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To rate, to adjust the value of; to judge of any thing by its proportion to something else; to calculate, to compute.
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Computation, calculation; value; valuation, assignment of proportioned value; calculation, computation; opinion, judgment; esteem, regard, honour.
By Thomas Sheridan
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