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es·ti·mate  (st-mt)
tr.v. es·ti·mat·ed, es·ti·mat·ing, es·ti·mates
1. To calculate approximately (the amount, extent, magnitude, position, or value of something).
2. To form an opinion about; evaluate: "While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance" (Samuel Johnson).
n. (-mt)
1. The act of evaluating or appraising.
2. A tentative evaluation or rough calculation, as of worth, quantity, or size.
3. A statement of the approximate cost of work to be done, such as a building project or car repairs.
4. A judgment based on one's impressions; an opinion.

[Latin aestimre, aestimt-.]

esti·mative adj.
esti·mator n.
Synonyms: estimate, appraise, assess, assay, evaluate, rate1
These verbs mean to form a judgment of worth or significance. Estimate usually implies a subjective and somewhat inexact judgment: difficult to estimate the possible results in advance.
Appraise stresses expert judgment: appraised the works of art.
Assess implies authoritative judgment in setting a monetary value on something as a basis for taxation: assessing real estate for investors.
Assay refers to careful examination, especially to chemical analysis of an ore: will assay the ingot.
In extended senses appraise, assess, and assay can refer to any critical analysis: appraised his character; will assess the impact of higher taxes; assaying the idea's merit.
Evaluate implies considered judgment in ascertaining value: evaluating a student's thesis for content and organization.
Rate involves determining the rank or grade of someone or something in relation to others: rated the restaurant higher than any other in the city.
Translations
estimated [ˈɛstɪmeɪtɪd] adj [quantity, value] → estimé(e)
There are an estimated 90,000 gangsters in the country
BUT On estime à 90 000 le nombre de malfaiteurs dans le pays.


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Johnson, but now the extent of my aversion is not to be estimated.
Unerringly impelling this dead, impregnable, uninjurable wall, and this most buoyant thing within; there swims behind it all a mass of tremendous life, only to be adequately estimated as piled wood is --by the cord; and all obedient to one volition, as the smallest insect.
Luker tested the Diamond, weighed the Diamond and estimated the value of the Diamond, before he answered a word.
 
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