Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make a guesstimate.

  2. (transitive)To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.

More definitions
  • estimate based on a calculation

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I guesstimate it'll take at least a week.

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  2. Guesstimate if you have to.

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  3. Tom's budget contained a lot of guesstimates.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

Blend of guess + estimate.

Blend of guess + estimate.

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Forms

guesstimates, guesstimating, guesstimated, guesstimated
Base formguesstimate · to guesstimate
3rd person singularguesstimates
Present participleguesstimating
Past simpleguesstimated
Past participleguesstimated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyguesstimate
he, she, itguesstimates

Past simpleLesson

all personsguesstimated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave guesstimated
he, she, ithas guesstimated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill guesstimate

Word family

5 related words
Derivedguesstimativeguesstimatormisguesstimateoverguesstimateunderguesstimate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
guerrillaB2guessA1guesserguessworkguestA1guesthouse

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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