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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The reduction of the leaves in the clusters to lowest terms, gives the tree a starved look, and the eighteen or twenty rows of pale stomates on each leaf give the tree-top a ghostly pallor.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

These breathing pores, called stomates, are mostly on the under side of the leaf, except in the case of leaves which float upon the water.

From Arbor Day Leaves A Complete Programme For Arbor Day Observance, Including Readings, Recitations, Music, and General Information by Egleston, Nathaniel Hillyer

The grains of which it is composed germinate in their turn, no longer avoiding the stomates as before, but penetrating through their aperture into the parenchym.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

This laboratory has a delicate, transparent, enclosing wall, with doors, called stomates, scattered over the lower surface.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

It is diffused through the air, and, entering the leaves by the stomates, comes in contact with other food elements in the palisade cells.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen