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estimates

NOUN

approximate calculation; educated guess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONGEST

ignorance

STRONG

fact truth

VERB

guess, try to value

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

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

STRONGEST

disregard hesitate ignore

STRONG

calculate disbelieve forget know measure neglect

Example Sentences

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Metro estimates that 1 million additional trips per day will be taken during the 16-day Games.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Revenue fell 1.7% to $800.3 million, compared with analyst estimates of $792.6 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Wall Street’s upward revisions to earnings estimates “justify the rally” over a longer horizon, Kim said, and the long-term agreements between memory-chip suppliers and customers could lead to reratings of the stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

That beat analyst estimates of earnings of $5.82 a share on revenue of $6.45 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Only a month earlier, Lawrence had given him preliminary estimates of $750,000 for construction and another $250,000 for operating costs over a ten-year period.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik