The verb is pronounced /estɪmeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /estɪmət/.
( estimated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you estimate a quantity or value, you make an approximate judgment or calculation of it.
Try to estimate how many steps it will take to get to a close object...
I estimate that the total cost for treatment will be $12,500...
He estimated the speed of the winds from the degree of damage...
Some analysts estimate its current popularity at around ten per cent...
VERB : V wh , V that , V n , V n at amount
• es‧ti‧mat‧ed
There are an estimated 90,000 gangsters in the country.
ADJ : a ADJ amount
2.
An estimate is an approximate calculation of a quantity or value.
...the official estimate of the election result...
This figure is five times the original estimate...
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft N of/for n
3.
An estimate is a judgment about a person or situation which you make based on the available evidence.
I hadn’t been far wrong in my estimate of his grandson’s capabilities.
N-COUNT : oft with poss , N of n
4.
An estimate from someone who you employ to do a job for you, such as a builder or a plumber, is a written statement of how much the job is likely to cost.
N-COUNT