Synonyms for estimating
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : verb es-tuh-meyt; noun es-tuh-mit, -meyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛs təˌmeɪt; noun ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt |
Définition of estimating
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 judging
- He then fell to estimating the probable amount the crew would receive.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- What mistake did Columbus make in estimating the size of the earth?
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- The judgment must also be requisitioned in comparing, estimating, generalizing, and applying.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- His great fault was in estimating his neighbor by his own moral code.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- Our actions are designed to prevent them from estimating our course or position.
- Extract from : « The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service » by James R. Driscoll
- In estimating the amount of timber required, don't forget the top.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- They were anxious for the change, but quite incapable of estimating its results.
- Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
- The old man shook his head, estimating what was left to Gordon.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- All these things must be considered in estimating the iron resources.
- Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory
- This can only be accounted for, I believe, by estimating the effects of climate.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines » by Robert Mac Micking
Words or expressions associated with your search
- acid indigestion
- aestival
- agrestic
- anapestic
- arresting
- arrestive
- autosuggestion
- autosuggestions
- bare testimony
- be destined
- be interesting to
- be questing
- be suggestive of
- beg the question
- bestial
- bestiary
- bestir
- beyond question
- call in question
- call into question
- call question
- called into question
- calling question
- calls into question
- calls question
- candlestick
- catachrestic
- celestial
- celestial being
- celestial body
- celestial-equator
- celestial equator
- celestial guidance
- celestial navigation
- celestial object
- celestial spaces
- celestial sphere
- celestial throne
- celestially
- celestials
- chemical testing
- clandestine
- clandestinely
- comestible
- comestibles
- common questions
- congestion
- congestive heart failure
- contesting
- de testing
- de-testing
- destination
- destine
- destiny
- destitute
- destituteness
- destitution
- domestic servant
- domesticated
- estimable
- estimate
- estimated
- estimated expenses
- estimates
- estimation
- estival
- false testimony
- festinate
- festival
- festivaled
- festivaling
- festivals
- festive
- festive occasion
- festive occasions
- festive season
- festiveness
- festives
- festivities
- festivity
- field question
- field the question
- fielded question
- fielded the question
- fielding question
- fielding the question
- fields question
- fields the question
- final resting place
- fire question
- fire the question
- fired the question
- fires question
- fiscal estimate
- food festival
- gesticulate
- gesticulated
- gesticulating
- gesticulation
- gesticulative
- gesture/gesticulate
- give testimony
- harvesting
- Hestia
- idea suggestion
- in digestible
- in digestion
- in digestions
- in estimable
- in question
- in vestings
- inestimable
- interesting
- intestinal fortitude
- investigate
- investigated
- investigation
- investigations
- investigative
- investigator
- investigatory
- jesting
- leading question
- listed questions and answers
- majestic
- majestically
- misestimate
- nesting
- no question
- open question
- open suggestions
- open to question
- open to suggestions
- order to testify
- overestimate
- overestimated
- overestimation
- pesticide
- pesticides
- pestiferous
- pestilence
- pestilent
- pestilent/pestilential
- pestilential
- pop the question
- predestinate
- predestination
- predestine
- prestige
- prestiges
- prestigious
- private investigator
- protesting
- protestingly
- put out a feeler question
- put to the question
- putting question
- putting the question
- putting to question
- putting to the question
- questing
- question
- question-and-answer method
- question and answer sessions
- question answer session
- question answer sessions
- question mark
- questionability
- questionable
- questionableness
- questionably
- questioned
- questioner
- questioners
- questioning
- questioningly
- questionless
- questionnaire
- questions
- raise a question
- raise question
- raised a question
- raised question
- raises a question
- raises question
- raising a question
- raising question
- random investigation
- resting
- resting in peace
- restitution
- restive
- restiveness
- rhetorical question
- sestina
- sixty-four dollar question
- small intestine
- subject tosuggestion
- suggestion
- suggestive
- suggestively
- suggestiveness
- telestic
- testify
- testify to
- testimonial
- testimony
- testing
- testing ground
- testing room
- transvestite
- uncelestial
- underestimate
- underestimation
- uninteresting
- uninterestingness
- unquestionable
- unquestionably
- unquestioned
- vestibule
- vestigial
- without question
Most wanted synonyms
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019