estimate
verb/ˈestɪmeɪt/
/ˈestɪmeɪt/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they estimate | /ˈestɪmeɪt/ /ˈestɪmeɪt/ |
| he / she / it estimates | /ˈestɪmeɪts/ /ˈestɪmeɪts/ |
| past simple estimated | /ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle estimated | /ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form estimating | /ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to form an idea of the cost, size, value, etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly
- estimate something to estimate the cost/value/number of something
- The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million.
- estimate something at something Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.
- estimate something from something All variables can be estimated from the data.
- estimate something as something The number of breeding pairs was estimated as the number of pairs building nests.
- 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.
More Like This Pronunciation changes by part of speechPronunciation changes by part of speechExtra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2- Estimate the time it will take to complete each section.
- Samples are usually used to estimate parameters.
- The scale of the problem has been estimated by a number of different surveys.
- This made it possible to estimate the effect of workplace ventilation.
- The results of the survey were used to estimate the preferences of the population at large.
- The strike was officially estimated to have cost $80 million.
- We estimated that the distance would be roughly 200 km.
- It is conservatively estimated that about half a million people died in the famine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- currently
- initially
- originally
- …
- be difficult to
- be hard to
- be impossible to
- …
- at
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