estimation
pronunciation
How to pronounce estimation in British English:
UK [ˌestɪˈmeɪʃn]
How to pronounce estimation in American English:
US [ˌɛstəˈmeʃən]
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- Noun:
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
- the respect with which a person is held
- a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
Word Origin
- estimation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of appraising; manner of judging; opinion," from Old French estimacion "evaluation, value; calculation, planning," from Latin aestimationem (nominative aestimatio) "a valuation," from past participle stem of aestimare "to value" (see esteem (v.)). Meaning "appreciation" is from 1520s. That of "process of forming an approximate notion" is from c. 1400.
Example
- 1. If something has gone down in your estimation , check your stance .
- 2. In our estimation , it seems like another positive step forward for the nyt .
- 3. By his estimation , we are now in the fifth secular bear cycle since 1901 .
- 4. Not that wertheimer , in gray 's estimation , gave her much of an opening .
- 5. In exchange for an accurate estimation of the number of ongoing oer initiatives , we can offer a preliminary typology of different repositories .