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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estimates

Rescuers worked through the night to find survivors even as estimates of the number of missing people kept changing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

If estimates hold, the film’s domestic weekend total will come in just shy of the record set by Walt Disney’s “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The Sony Pictures film also brought in $572 million internationally for a worldwide total of $927 million, according to studio estimates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Based on results and estimates available as of last Friday, blended second-quarter earnings for S&P 500 financial companies were up 19.4% from a year earlier, while revenue rose 12.6%, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026

Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann