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estimate

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an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth(noun.cognition)

Example:
An estimate of what it would cost.

Synonym:
approximation, estimation, idea

source: wordnet30
a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody(noun.act)

Example:
Many factors are involved in any estimate of human life.

Synonym:
estimation

source: wordnet30
a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
appraisal, estimation

source: wordnet30
a statement indicating the likely cost of some job(noun.communication)

Example:
He got an estimate from the car repair shop.

source: wordnet30
the respect with which a person is held(noun.cognition)

source: wordnet30
A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.(noun)

source: webster1913

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)(verb.cognition)

Example:
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds.

Synonym:
approximate, gauge, guess, judge

source: wordnet30
judge to be probable(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
calculate, count on, figure, forecast, reckon

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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