estimate
A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
Noun 2 meanings
A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
Verb 2 meanings
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.
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”).
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ESTIMATE at a glance
ESTIMATE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (E 1 + S 1 + T 1 + I 1 + M 3 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,291 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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