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.
Sports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- educated guessReasoned speculation from facts
- approximationNear but inexact value
order of magnitude · roughly · about · around · nearly · close to · inexact · imprecise
Determining worth or quality
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- gaugeStandard of measurement
size up · weigh · consider · determine · ascertain · rate · rank · survey
Estimation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- market valueCurrent trading price
- worthDegree of importance
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
assessment · assets · equity · depreciation · quote · bid · property value · real estate
Something that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- trendDirection of change
modeling · scenario · extrapolation · long-range · predictive · anticipating · forward-looking · trajectory
ballpark
Sports venue or estimate
- roughUneven in surface
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- educated guessReasoned speculation from facts
approximation · order of magnitude · roughly · about · around · nearly · close to · inexact · imprecise · thereabouts
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
gauge · size up · weigh · consider · determine · ascertain · rate · rank · survey · review
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- market valueCurrent trading price
- worthDegree of importance
pricing · assessment · assets · equity · depreciation · quote · bid · property value · real estate · appraiser
projection
Something that extends outward
- predictionForecast of coming events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- prognosisPredicted disease course
trend · modeling · scenario · extrapolation · long-range · predictive · anticipating · forward-looking · trajectory · expected
computation
Mathematical processing work
- arithmeticMathematics of basic operations
- formulaFixed method or notation
- quantifyExpress numerically
numerical · figure · tally · reckon · sum · total · compute · crunch numbers · work out · mathematical
dimensions
Measurable spatial extents
weight · volume · area · length · width · depth · size · capacity · magnitude · extent
- approximatingguessing, rounding, ballparking, eyeballing, gauging
- number crunchingcalculation, computing, figuring, reckoning, summing
- basic mathsubtraction, multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting
- Predictionprediction, forecasting, forecast model, extrapolation, prognosis
- valuingvaluing, appreciating, cherishing, treasuring, prizing
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
estimatingmeasuring
Determining size or amount
calculating · computing · quantifying · counting · tallying
estimatingknowing
Possessing awareness or insight
ascertaining · verifying · confirming · establishing · certifying
estimatingperceiving
Becoming conscious of something
witnessing · experiencing · recording · documenting · registering
- ballpark estimationApproximate calculation, not precise
- ball park estimationApproximate figure, not exact
- cost estimationPredicting future expenses
estimation, estimations, overestimation, underestimation, misestimation