Synonyms for estimate
ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; -mɪt, -ˌmeɪtes·ti·mate

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1. estimatenoun

   Synonyms:
   estimation, appraise, guess

2. estimatenoun

   To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.

   Synonyms:
   estimation, appraise, guess

3. estimatenoun

   A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably cost.

   Synonyms:
   estimation

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1. estimate

   Number is the generic term. To count is to number one by one. To calculate is to use more complicated processes, as multiplication, division, etc., more rapid but not less exact. Compute allows more of the element of probability, which is still more strongly expressed by estimate. We compute the slain in a great war from the number known to have fallen in certain great battles; compute refers to the present or the past, estimate more frequently to the future; as, to estimate the cost of a proposed building. To enumerate is to mention item by item; as, to enumerate one's grievances. To rate is to estimate by comparison, as if the object were one of a series. We count upon a desired future; we do not count upon the undesired. As applied to the present, we reckon or count a thing precious or worthless. Compare ESTEEM.

   Synonyms:
   account, calculate, cast, compute, consider, count, deem, enumerate, number, rate, reckon, sum up

   Preposition:
   It is vain to calculate on or upon an uncertain result.

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1. estimate, estimation, approximation, ideanoun

   an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

   "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

   Synonyms:
   theme, idea, appraisal, musical theme, approximation, bringing close together, estimation, melodic theme, mind, thought

2. estimate, estimationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

3. appraisal, estimate, estimationnoun

   a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

   Synonyms:
   approximation, appraisal, estimation, idea, assessment

4. estimatenoun

   a statement indicating the likely cost of some job

   "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

5. estimate, estimationverb

   the respect with which a person is held

   "they had a high estimation of his ability"

   Synonyms:
   approximation, estimation, idea, appraisal

6. estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judgeverb

   judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

   "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, guess, pass judgment, infer, opine, gauge, figure, reckon, suppose, try, venture, judge, pronounce, hazard, imagine, label, evaluate, come close, approximate, think, calculate, forecast, count on, adjudicate

7. calculate, estimate, reckon, count on, figure, forecastverb

   judge to be probable

   Synonyms:
   fancy, predict, augur, figure, foreshadow, bet, suppose, look, reckon, work out, view, omen, foretell, consider, auspicate, visualize, gauge, betoken, see, guess, project, picture, compute, depend, think, calculate, approximate, opine, envision, aim, imagine, direct, bode, count, image, prefigure, judge, presage, regard, prognosticate, enter, visualise, cypher, portend, forecast, cipher, account, count on

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1. • Judgment
   • Statement

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1. estimateverb

   Synonyms:
   value, appraise, rate, prize, esteem, appreciate, set a value on, set a price on

2. estimateverb

   Synonyms:
   compute, reckon, count, calculate

3. estimatenoun

   Synonyms:
   valuation, estimation

4. estimatenoun

   Synonyms:
   calculation, computation

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1. estimateverb

   Synonyms:
   appraise, value, rate, prize, compute, calculate, reckon

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1. List of paraphrases for "estimate":

   estimation, estimating, estimates, estimated, assess, calculate, appreciation, evaluate, forecast, calculation, assessment, calculating, estimations, assessing, forecasts

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How to use estimate in a sentence?

1. Michael Feroli:

   The bigger inventory overhang helps explain why manufacturing sentiment remains cautious early in the fourth quarter, and does present downside risk to our 2.5 percent estimate for current-quarter GDP growth.

2. Richard Nephew:

   I estimate 300,000 - 500,000 new barrels of oil on the market within 6-12 months after a deal begins to be implemented.

3. Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

   Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self it is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it might rather puzzle him to do that.

4. Khiem Do:

   The market is not prepared for this. No one is prepared for this, it is not easy to estimate the impact on earnings per share for (Chinese) A-shares or H-shares, but the impact on sentiment is immediate.

5. Mike Pence:

   Our best estimate is that the threat to the American public... remains low, in the days ahead we're going to make sure that the full resources of the federal government continue to be brought to bear in confronting the coronavirus here at home.