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| Main Entry: |
estimate
 [v. es-tuh-meyt; n. es-tuh-mit, -meyt] 
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| 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 |
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| 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: | appraisal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, estimation |
| Synonyms: | appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, opinion, pricing, rating, reckoning, stock, survey, valuation |
Example Sentences
- The report does not estimate by what year those jobs will be replaced.
- For example, the students could not estimate if their car had enough gas to get to the service station.
- The government's latest estimate of the size of the spill is thirty-five to sixty thousand barrels per day.
| Main Entry: | approximate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come close |
| Synonyms: | approach, border on, come near, estimate, near, reach, resemble, touch, verge on |
| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze |
| Synonyms: | appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, eyeball, inspect, investigate, measure, peg, prove, rate, read, see, size, size up, survey, test, try, valuate, value, weigh |
| 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: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evaluation |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, computation, determination, estimate, estimation, judgment, rating, reckoning, valuation, value judgment |
| Main Entry: | assessment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of fee, amount |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, charge, demand, duty, estimate, fee, levy, rate, rating, tariff, tax, taxation, toll, valuation |
| Main Entry: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, be afraid, be inclined to think, conclude, conjecture, consider, count upon, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, get the idea, guess, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, imagine, infer, judge, posit, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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