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 (countable and uncountable, 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)

Further readingEdit

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