estimates

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approximate calculation; educated guess n.
guess, try to value v.

NOUN

approximate calculation; educated guess

Synonyms

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appraisal assessment conclusion estimation evaluation guess measure measurement opinion projection rating survey valuation

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assay belief conjecture gauging guesstimate impression judgment mensuration reckoning stock surmise thought

WEAK

appraisement ballpark figure point of view sizing up

Antonyms

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ignorance

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fact truth

VERB

guess, try to value

Synonyms

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

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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

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disregard hesitate ignore

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calculate disbelieve forget know measure neglect

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Oxford Economics, for instance, estimates the richest 20% of households are now buying more than half of all the new cars in the country.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

That’s because Newman estimates high-bandwidth flash will need three to four times the amount of wafer capacity per exabyte, since it requires more on-chip space.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Seet estimates this to be 20%-35% above Maybank’s forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Jalale Getachew Birru, an analyst at ACLED, estimates that in early 2024, Tigrayan forces numbered around 270,000 soldiers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

These people, he said, were thrilled when Dobyns revisited the subject in a 1983 book, Their Number Become Thinned, and revised his estimates upward.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann