estimation
/,esti'meiʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A judgment or opinion about the quality, value, or nature of something or someone: The act or result of forming an approximate judgment or opinion.
- An approximate calculation or rough idea of quantity, degree, or worth: A calculation of the approximate size, cost, or amount of something.
- The respect or esteem in which a person is held: The level of regard or admiration for someone.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- In my estimation, the project's benefits outweigh its risks. (This expresses a personal judgment.)
- The contractor provided a cost estimation for the new building. (This refers to an approximate calculation.)
- She is held in high estimation by her colleagues for her integrity. (This refers to the respect she is given.)
Advanced Usage
"To hold someone in (high/low) estimation": To regard someone with (a great deal of/little) respect or esteem.
- The professor is held in the highest estimation by the academic community.
"In one's estimation": According to one's judgment or opinion.
- In the critic's estimation, the film was a masterpiece.
Variants and Related Words
Estimate (verb/noun): To form an approximate judgment or calculation; the judgment or calculation itself.
- Verb: We need to estimate the time required.
- Noun: The final cost was close to the original estimate.
Estimator (noun): A person or tool that makes estimates.
- Overestimation (noun): An estimate that is too high.
- Underestimation (noun): An estimate that is too low.
Synonyms
- Appraisal: An act of assessing something or someone.
- Assessment: The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.
- Valuation: An estimation of something's worth.
- Esteem: Respect and admiration.
Related Phrases
- Ballpark estimation/figure: A rough or approximate numerical estimate.
- Can you give me a ballpark estimation of the total attendees?
Related Idioms
- By all estimations: According to everyone's judgment or opinion.
- By all estimations, the conference was a tremendous success.
Noun
- a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
- many factors are involved in any estimate of human life
- in my estimation the boy is innocent
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- an estimate of what it would cost
- a rough idea how long it would take
- the respect with which a person is held
- they had a high estimation of his ability
- a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)