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estimates

NOUN

approximate calculation; educated guess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appraisal assessment conclusion estimation evaluation guess measure measurement opinion projection rating survey valuation

STRONG

assay belief conjecture gauging guesstimate impression judgment mensuration reckoning stock surmise thought

WEAK

appraisement ballpark figure point of view sizing up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

STRONG

fact truth

VERB

guess, try to value

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appraise assess believe classify consider count decide determine evaluate examine expect predict rank

STRONG

account assay budget cast cipher class compute conjecture deduce enumerate figure gauge guess guesstimate judge number outline plan prophesy rate reason reckon regard scheme sum suppose surmise suspect tax think

WEAK

calculate roughly form opinion look into look upon run over set a figure size up think through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disregard hesitate ignore

STRONG

calculate disbelieve forget know measure neglect

Example Sentences

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In the latest fiscal quarter, revenue rose 12% to $15.84 billion, punching past analyst estimates for $15.56 billion and its own guidance for up to $15.6 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, estimates that higher gasoline prices will likely only add roughly 0.3 percentage points to headline sales in the April data.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Yet the IEA estimates the global oil market has already lost a total of 12.8 million barrels per day, according to a monthly report released Wednesday.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Revenue climbed 12% year over year to $446 million, compared with analyst estimates of $425 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

As late as 1910, one of the most respected estimates, by the American George Becker, put the Earth’s age at perhaps as little as 55 million years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson