estimate

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  2. noun a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
  3. noun a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

estimation, approximation, idea

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