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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : verb es-tuh-meyt; noun es-tuh-mit, -meyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; noun ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt

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Définition of estimates

Origin :
  • 1560s, "valuation," from Latin aestimatus, verbal noun from aestimare (see esteem). Earlier in sense "power of the mind" (mid-15c.). Meaning "approximate judgment" is from 1580s. As a builder's statement of projected costs, from 1796.
  • noun approximate calculation; educated guess
  • verb guess, try to value
Example sentences :
  • Estimates in art are, and should be, largely a matter of personal taste and opinion.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • I have heard all sorts of estimates, none founded on more than imagination.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • The estimates vary all the way from a million and a half to three millions.
  • Extract from : « Where Half The World Is Waking Up » by Clarence Poe
  • It is only youth that estimates happiness by superficialities.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Estimates of the size of the edition vary from five to six hundred.
  • Extract from : « The Facts About Shakespeare » by William Allan Nielson
  • Visconti estimates the weight of the silver at thirty thousand ounces.
  • Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
  • I hoped I wasn't as inaccurate in my estimates of people as was my interviewer.
  • Extract from : « Sense from Thought Divide » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • Mr. Kettle estimates it at £700,000 within a reasonable time.
  • Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
  • The figures given in this Paper are estimates only, and do not purport to be final.
  • Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
  • That evening, in Townsend's office, he delivered his estimates and opinion.
  • Extract from : « David Lannarck, Midget » by George S. Harney

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