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