estimation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the respect with which a person is held

   They had a high estimation of my ability.

2. 2
   noun

   The process of making an estimate.

   According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.

3. 3
   noun

   Esteem or favourable regard.

   With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.

4. 4
   noun

   a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody

5. 5
   noun

   an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

6. 6
   noun

   a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

7. 7
   noun

   The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.

Etymology

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