## Meanings
1. A rough guess about the size, value, or cost of something.
2. To make a rough guess about the size, value, or amount of something.
3. A written statement of how much a job is likely to cost.

## Examples
- My estimate of the repair cost was about three hundred dollars.
- I estimate that we will need four hundred chairs for the event.
- The builder sent us an estimate for the kitchen work.

## Synonyms
- appraise
- approximate
- assess
- give
- put

## Derived Forms
- costimate
- counterestimate
- estimable
- estimatable
- estimatingly
- estimation
- estimator
- guesstimate
- guestimate
- misestimate
- overestimate
- reestimate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ais-temos

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aestimātus, perfect passive participle of aestimō (“to estimate”) (see -ate), older form aestumō (“to value, rate, esteem”); from Old Latin *ais-temos (“one who cuts copper”), meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. Compare Middle English estymatt (“reputed”) / estimat. See also the doublet esteem, as well as aim.

## AI Etymology
Estimate is borrowed from Latin aestimātus, perfect passive participle of aestimō (“to estimate”) (see -ate), older form aestumō (“to value, rate, esteem”); from Old Latin *ais-temos (“one who cuts copper”), meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. Compare Middle English estymatt (“reputed”) / estimat. See also the doublet esteem, as well as aim. In current use, the main senses are “A rough guess about the size, value, or cost of something” and “To make a rough guess about the size, value, or amount of something”.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

markdown

estimate

Meanings

Thesaurus

Common collocations

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback