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ballpark figure
| Main Entry: |
ballpark figure
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | educated guess |
| Synonyms: | approximation, estimate, estimation, guess, guesstimate, informed guess, judgment, projection, rough figure, rough guess, rough measure |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, speculation |
| Synonyms: | assumption, ballpark figure, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, guesstimate, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, postulation, prediction, presumption, presupposition, reckoning, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab*, supposal, supposition, surmisal, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view |
| Antonyms: | calculation, measurement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | more or less |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | approximately |
| Synonyms: | about, almost, around, ballpark figure, bordering on, circa, close to, in the ballpark, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, just about, not far from, not quite, on average, relatively, roughly, thereabouts, very close |
| Main Entry: | approximation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | estimate |
| Synonyms: | ballpark figure, conjecture, educated guess, estimation, guess, guesstimate, informed guess, rough idea, rough measure |
| Main Entry: | guesswork |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess |
| Synonyms: | assumption, ballpark figure, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, guesstimate, hunch, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, postulation, prediction, presumption, presupposition, reck |
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