Definition of estimate

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of estimate is as below...

Estimate (n.) 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..

Lern More About Estimate

Inestimable :: Inestimable (a.) Incapable of being estimated or computed; especially, too valuable or excellent to be measured or fully appreciated; above all price; as, inestimable rights or privileges..
Current :: Current (a.) Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
Quantity :: Quantity (n.) A determinate or estimated amount; a sum or bulk; a certain portion or part; sometimes, a considerable amount; a large portion, bulk, or sum; as, a medicine taken in quantities, that is, in large quantities..
Tell :: Tell (v. t.) To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
Consider :: Consider (v. t.) To estimate; to think; to regard; to view.
Account :: Account (v. t.) To value, estimate, or hold in opinion; to judge or consider; to deem..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton..
Self-opinion :: Self-opinion (n.) Opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion..
Overmeasure :: Overmeasure (v. t.) To measure or estimate too largely.
Measure :: Measure (n.) A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and stated; hence, a rule by which anything is adjusted or judged..
Appreciate :: Appreciate (v. t.) To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value.
Measure :: Measure (n.) The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated; estimated extent; as, to take one's measure for a coat..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals..
Balance :: Balance (n.) Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
Bovate :: Bovate (n.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres..
Calculator :: Calculator (n.) One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects..
Talent :: Talent (v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from ?340 to ?396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels..
Approximation :: Approximation (n.) An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc..
Appraise :: Appraise (v. t.) To estimate; to conjecture.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us