estimating

Making educated guesses

Estimating is the practice of calculating approximate values, costs, or quantities when exact figures aren't available or practical.

In construction and trades, estimating is a specialized skill—professionals produce estimates for project bids: She's been estimating for twenty years.

The word covers both the ongoing activity and the profession itself.

approximating

ballpark

Sports venue or estimate

approximation · order of magnitude · roughly · about · around · nearly · close to · inexact · imprecise · thereabouts

assessing

evaluation

Determining worth or quality

gauge · size up · weigh · consider · determine · ascertain · rate · rank · survey · review

valuing

appraisal

Estimation of worth

pricing · assessment · assets · equity · depreciation · quote · bid · property value · real estate · appraiser

forecasting

projection

Something that extends outward

trend · modeling · scenario · extrapolation · long-range · predictive · anticipating · forward-looking · trajectory · expected

calculating

computation

Mathematical processing work

numerical · figure · tally · reckon · sum · total · compute · crunch numbers · work out · mathematical

measuring

dimensions

Measurable spatial extents

weight · volume · area · length · width · depth · size · capacity · magnitude · extent

Categories
Opposites
precision

estimatingmeasuring

Determining size or amount

calculating · computing · quantifying · counting · tallying

knowledge certainty

estimatingknowing

Possessing awareness or insight

ascertaining · verifying · confirming · establishing · certifying

cognitive approach

estimatingperceiving

Becoming conscious of something

witnessing · experiencing · recording · documenting · registering

Phrases
Family

estimation, estimations, overestimation, underestimation, misestimation

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G