estimation

The process of making an estimate.

Noun

  1. The process of making an estimate.
    • According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.
    • The publisher made an estimation on the potential value of the new novel.
  2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
  3. Esteem or favourable regard.
    • With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.

    Synonyms: opinion

Origin

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.

Forms

estimations æstimation

Related

esteem

Derived

ballpark estimation coestimation costimation disestimation estimate estimation theory guesstimation misestimation overestimation postestimation re-estimation reestimation subestimation underestimation