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say it: EH-stuh-muht
estimate is a noun and verb meaning "an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth". It carries 7 recorded senses.
an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
“an estimate of what it would cost”
“a rough idea how long it would take”
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”
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
“he got an estimate from the car repair shop”
the respect with which a person is held
“they had a high estimation of his ability”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for estimate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.