estimation.
The process of making an estimate.
Meaning & usage
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.
The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
Esteem or favourable regard.
With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.
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