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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | measure, judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, appraise, ascertain, assess, calculate, calibrate, check, check out, compute, count, determine, estimate, evaluate, eye*, figure, figure in, guess, guesstimate, have one's number, look over, meter, peg, quantify, quantitate, rate, reckon, scale, size, size up, take account of, tally, value, weigh |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | measuring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weighing |
| Synonyms: | aligning, averaging, calculating, calibrating, checking, gauging, grading, leveling, mapping, rhyming, scaling, surveying |
| 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: | class |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | categorize |
| Synonyms: | account, allot, appraise, assess, assign, assort, brand, classify, codify, consider, designate, divide, evaluate, gauge, grade, group, hold, identify, judge, mark, part, pigeonhole, rank, rate, reckon, regard, score, separate |
| Main Entry: | compute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calculate, estimate |
| Synonyms: | add up, cast up, cipher, count, count heads, count noses, cut ice, dope out, enumerate, figure, figure out, gauge, keep tabs, measure, rate, reckon, run down, size up, sum, take account of, take one's measure, tally, tot, total, tote, tote up |
| Antonyms: | conjecture, guess, guesstimate, surmise |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guess, try to value |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, set a figure, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, think through |
| 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: | evaluate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, assess, calculate, check, check out, class, classify, criticize, decide, estimate, figure out, fiture, gauge, grade, guesstimate, look over, peg, price out, rank, rate, read, reckon, set at, size, size up, survey, take account of, take measure, valuate, value, weigh |
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