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estimate

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  1. calculate             
 
1. es.ti.mate \'es-t*-.ma-t\ \-.ma-t-iv\ \-.ma-t-*r\ vt [L aestimatus, pp. 
   of aestimare to value, estimate] archaic  1a: ESTEEM  1b: APPRAISE  2a: to 
   judge tentatively or approximately the value, worth, or significanc e of 
   2b: to determine roughly the size, extent, or nature of  2c: to produce a 
   statement of the approximate cost of  3: JUDGE, CONCLUDE M: ESTIMATE 
   implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place 
   of actual measuring or counting or testing out; APPRAISE commonly implies 
   the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be 
   used of any critical judgment; EVALUATE suggests an attempt to determine 
   either the relative or intrinsic worth of something in terms other than 
   monetary; VALUE equals APPRAISE but without implying expertness of 
   judgment; RATE adds to ESTIMATE the implication of fixing a scale of 
   values; ASSESS implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of 
   understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action - 
   es.ti.ma.tive aj SYN syn APPRAISE, EVALUATE, VALUE, RATE, ASSESS
2. es.ti.mate \'es-t*-m*t\ n 1: the act of appraising or valuing : 
   CALCULATION  2: an opinion or judgment of the nature, character, or quality 
   of a thing  3a: a rough or approximate calculation  3b: a numerical value 
   obtained from a statistical sample and assigned to a  population parameter 
   4: a statement of the cost of a job