estimation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
noun the respect with which a person is held
noun an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.

'Has it lowered me in her estimation?' — Two on a Tower, Thomas Hardy
Gwen liked to stand high in her father's estimation. — The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story, Angela Brazil
You have spoken, dearest, of your place in my estimation. — The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

appraisal, estimate

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