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Definition of estimate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

    

estimate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈɛstəˌmeɪt//
 
[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they estimate
 
 he / she / it estimates
 
 past simple estimated
 
 -ing form estimating
 
 
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 to form an idea of the cost, size, value, etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly estimate something (at something) Police estimate the crowd at 30,000. estimate something to do something The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million. estimate (that)… We estimated (that) it would cost about $5,000. it is estimated (that)… It is estimated (that) the project will last four years. estimate how many, large, etc… It is hard to estimate how many children have dyslexia.
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adjective The satellite will cost an estimated $400 million. AWL Collocationsestimateestimate verb
  • accurately, correctly, reliably
  • conservatively
  • roughly
  • empirically, quantitatively
  • separately
These models were estimated separately for the 2000, 2004, and 2007 data sets.
  • difficult to
  • possible to
  • impossible to
Population figures are difficult to estimate, with figures ranging from 10 to 16 million.
  • distance, size
  • frequency, rate
  • likelihood, probability
  • abundance, prevalence
  • variance
Measuring risk means estimating the probability of an occurrence as a result of a specific event.overestimate verb
  • greatly, grossly
  • consistently
  • systematically
Forecasters tended to systematically overestimate inflation.
  • tend to
People tend to overestimate their activity levels, so Wyatt asked participants in the study to wear pedometers.underestimate verb
  • grossly
  • systematically
  • likely
These statistics grossly underestimate the number of unemployed.estimated adjective
  • probability
  • percent
  • prevalence
  • variance
  • cost
Table 2 reports the estimated prevalence of work-related asthma.estimate noun
  • accurate, precise, reliable
  • reasonable
  • unbiased
  • biased
  • conservative
  • rough
Sufficient information exists to support reasonable estimates of life expectancy.
  • calculate, compute
  • derive
  • obtain
  • revise
Estimates are calculated using the method of maximum likelihood.
  • be based on
Most available demographic estimates are based on one or two years of data.
  • differ, range, vary
  • indicate, suggest
Estimates of the number of species range between 3.6 million and 100 million.
  • according to
Bangladesh is approximately the size of Wisconsin, yet it has a population of more than 130 million, according to a 1996 estimate.See estimate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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