estimate
Noun
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is a type of: calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning - problem solving that involves numbers or quantitiessubtypes:
- scalage - estimation of the amount of lumber in a log
- credit, credit rating - an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
- dead reckoning, guess, guessing, guesswork, shot - an estimate based on little or no information
- guesstimate, guestimate - an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
- overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning - a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
- underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning - an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
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is a type of: assessment, judgement, judgment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or eventsubtypes:
- appraisal - an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something
- capitalisation, capitalization - an estimation of the value of a business
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is a type of: commercial document, commercial instrument - a document of or relating to commercesubtypes: overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation - an appraisal that is too highsame as: appraisal, estimation
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is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
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subtypes: report, reputation - the general estimation that the public has for a personsame as: estimation
Verb
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is a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computationsubtypes:
- quantise, quantize - approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
- misgauge - gauge something incorrectly or improperly
- place, put, set - estimate
- give - estimate the duration or outcome of something
- lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate
- assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation
- make - calculate as being
- count, reckon - take account of
- truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- guesstimate - estimate based on a calculation
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subtypes: allow, take into account - allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
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