estimation

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• æstimation (archaic)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛstɨˈmeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

estimation ‎(plural estimations)

1. The process of making an estimate.
2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
3. Esteem or favourable regard.

Derived termsEdit

• estimate

Related termsEdit

• esteem

TranslationsEdit

the process of making an estimate

• Bulgarian: оценяване (bg) n ‎(ocenjavane), пресмятане (bg) n ‎(presmjatane)
• French: estimation (fr)
• Hungarian: becslés (hu) f
• Italian: stima (it) f
• Japanese: 見積り ‎(mitsumori)

• Romanian: estimare (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m, tuairmse m, barail f
• Spanish: valoración (es) f
• Swedish: uppskattning (sv) c

value reached in an estimate

• Bulgarian: оценка (bg) f ‎(ocenka)

• Swedish: uppskattning (sv) c

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FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• æstimation (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

estimer +‎ -ation.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

estimation f ‎(plural estimations)

1. estimate; estimation (rough calculation or guess)

External linksEdit

• “estimation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).