estimate
Rough cost projection
An estimate is a rough calculation or judgment about quantity, size, cost, or value when exact figures aren't available: The contractor gave us an estimate of twelve thousand dollars.
To estimate is to form such a judgment: I estimate we'll arrive around noon.
Estimates acknowledge uncertainty—they're informed guesses, not guarantees.
An estimated crowd size or estimated time of arrival signals approximation.
Sports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- roundingAdjusting to simpler values
- impreciseLacking exactness or accuracy
back-of-envelope · hunch · intuition · speculation · conjecture · stab · shot · supposition
Estimation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- quoteRepeated words from another
- bidOffer to purchase
proposal · invoice · contractor · renovation · repair · insurance · damage · property
Standard of measurement
- assessJudge worth or quality
- judgeOne who decides
- reckonBelieve or estimate
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
infer · deduce · conclude · discern · perceive · opinion · impression · sense
Something that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- trendDirection of change
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
scenario · extrapolation · trajectory · growth · timeline · deadline · milestone · schedule
Determine by calculation
- quantifyExpress numerically
- figureOutline or numeral
- tallyRecorded count
- tabulateArrange data in columns
arithmetic · formula · algorithm · numerical · mathematical · statistical · analytics · spreadsheet
ballpark
Sports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- roundingAdjusting to simpler values
imprecise · back-of-envelope · hunch · intuition · speculation · conjecture · stab · shot · supposition · assumption
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- quoteRepeated words from another
bid · proposal · invoice · contractor · renovation · repair · insurance · damage · property · real-estate
gauge
Standard of measurement
surmise · infer · deduce · conclude · discern · perceive · opinion · impression · sense · feeling
projection
Something that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- trendDirection of change
modeling · scenario · extrapolation · trajectory · growth · timeline · deadline · milestone · schedule · planning
compute
Determine by calculation
tabulate · arithmetic · formula · algorithm · numerical · mathematical · statistical · analytics · spreadsheet · precision
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- contractinggeneral contractor, subcontractor, subcontracting, bid, contract
- estimatesballpark, ballpark figure, guesstimate, approximation, rough calculation
- forecastsweather forecast, sales forecast, revenue forecast, budget forecast, profit forecast
- guessesguess, conjecture, supposition, speculation, surmise
- Predictionprediction, forecasting, forecast model, extrapolation, prognosis
- rough estimateImprecise preliminary calculation
- ballpark estimateApproximate calculation, not exact
- conservative estimate
- ball-park estimateApproximate calculation, inexact
- lowball estimate
- ballpark estimationApproximate calculation, not precise
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