estimates

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approximate calculation; educated guess n.
guess, try to value v.

NOUN

approximate calculation; educated guess

Synonyms

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appraisal assessment conclusion estimation evaluation guess measure measurement opinion projection rating survey valuation

STRONG

assay belief conjecture gauging guesstimate impression judgment mensuration reckoning stock surmise thought

WEAK

appraisement ballpark figure point of view sizing up

Antonyms

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ignorance

STRONG

fact truth

VERB

guess, try to value

Synonyms

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appraise assess believe classify consider count decide determine evaluate examine expect predict rank

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account assay budget cast cipher class compute conjecture deduce enumerate figure gauge guess guesstimate judge number outline plan prophesy rate reason reckon regard scheme sum suppose surmise suspect tax think

WEAK

calculate roughly form opinion look into look upon run over set a figure size up think through

Antonyms

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disregard hesitate ignore

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calculate disbelieve forget know measure neglect

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estimates

Morgan Stanley’s shares closed down 2.75%, despite the bank posting higher profit and beating Wall Street estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Inui offers a screen of S&P 500 companies whose earnings estimates have been revised higher yet whose valuations appear low as share prices have dropped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Different methods can produce substantially different estimates, particularly when scientists must reconstruct an extinct animal using an incomplete backbone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Vehicle crime costs the UK economy £1.7bn a year, Rusi estimates.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Tinibossol estimates a population of not over 100 million on the Three Continents, and considers it to have been stable for at least a millennium.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin