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Estimation

Estimation Meaning & Definition
Estimation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Estimation?

[n] 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"
[n] an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
[n] the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
[n] a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Estimation: appraisal | approximation | estimate | estimate | estimate | idea

Related Terms | Find terms related to Estimation: account | adding | admiration | adoration | analyzing | apotheosis | appraisal | appraisement | appraising | appreciation | apprizal | approbation | approval | approximation | arithmetic | assessing | assessment | assize | assizement | assumption | attitude | awe | breathless adoration | calculation | calculus | casting | ciphering | climate of opinion | common belief | community sentiment | computation | conceit | concept | conception | conclusion | consensus gentium | consideration | correction | courtesy | credit | deference | deification | determination | dual pricing | duty | esteem | estimate | ethos | evaluating | evaluation | evaluative criticism | exaggerated respect | eye | favor | feeling | figuring | footing | gauge | gauging | general belief | great respect | guess | hero worship | high regard | homage | honor | idea | idolatry | idolization | impression | instrumentation | judgement | judgment | lights | measure | measurement | measuring | mensuration | metric system | mind | mystique | notion | observation | opinion | personal judgment | point of view | popular belief | position | posture | prestige | presumption | prevailing belief | price determination | pricing | public belief | public opinion | quantification | quantization | ranking | rating | reaction | reckoning | regard | respect | reverence | reverential regard | sentiment | sight | stance | stock | survey | surveying | telemetering | telemetry | theory | thinking | thought | totaling | toting | triangulation | unit pricing | valuation | valuing | veneration | view | way of thinking | weighing | worship | worth

See Also | assessment | calculation | capitalisation | capitalization | commercial document | commercial instrument | computation | dead reckoning | esteem | figuring | guess | guessing | guesstimate | guesswork | guestimate | judgement | judgment | overappraisal | overestimate | overestimate | overestimation | overestimation | overrating | overreckoning | overvaluation | reckoning | regard | report | reputation | respect | scalage | shot | underestimate | underestimation | underrating | underreckoning

Estimation In Webster's Dictionary

\Es`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See {Esteem}, v. t.] 1. The act of estimating. --Shak. 2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. --Lev. xxvii. 8. 3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor. I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders. --Wisdom viii. 10. 4. Supposition; conjecture. I speak not this in estimation, As what I think might be, but what I know. --Shak. Syn: Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See {Estimate}, n.

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