Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of making an estimate.

    According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.

    The publisher made an estimation on the potential value of the new novel.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Esteem or favourable regard.

    With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.

More definitions
  • a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
  • an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  • the respect with which a person is held
  • a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

Examples

7 sentences
  1. In my estimation, he is an honest man.

    ruПо моему мнению, он честный человек. — spontaliku

  2. You're going down in my estimation.

  3. In my estimation, this is a legitimate purpose.

  4. What is your estimation of when the construction will be completed?

  5. Your estimation of him is a little high, to say the least.

Translations

3 languages

Origin

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestim

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: estimations
Singularestimation
Pluralestimations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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