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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | analysis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination and determination |
| Synonyms: | assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | analyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine and determine |
| Synonyms: | assay, beat a dead horse, chew over, confab, consider, estimate, evaluate, figure, figure out, get down to brass tacks, hash, inspect, interpret, investigate, judge, kick around, rehash, resolve, scrutinize, sort out, spell out, study, talk game, test, think through |
| Main Entry: | appraise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, estimate |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value |
| Notes: | appraise is 'evaluate, size up' and apprise is 'inform' apprise means 'to inform'; appraise means 'to assess or evaluate' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assess |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, determine |
| Synonyms: | appraise, apprise, assay, check out*, check*, compute, determine, dig it, estimate, figure*, fix, gauge, guess, judge, nick, peg, rate, reckon, set, size up, size*, survey, take measure, valuate, value, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compute or estimate amount |
| Synonyms: | account, add, adjust, appraise, assay, cast, cipher, consider, count, determine, divide, dope out, enumerate, figure, forecast, foretell, gauge, guess, judge, keep tabs, measure, multiply, number, rate, reckon, size up, subtract, sum, take account of, tally, tot, tote up, value, weigh, work out |
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, attempt |
| Synonyms: | aim, assay, endeavor, have a crack, have a go, have a shot, have at it, labor, make a run at, offer, put to the test, seek, strive, struggle, take a stab at, take a whack at, take on, test, toil, travail, try out, undertake, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | be idle, forget, neglect, pass |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approximate calculation; educated guess |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, appraisement, assay, assessment, ballpark figure, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, gauging, guess, guesstimate, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, sizing up, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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