"estimation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɛs.tɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/ [US], /ˌes.tɪˈmæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-estimation.ogg [US] Forms: estimations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|estimacioun}} Middle English estimacioun, {{m|enm|estimacion}} estimacion, {{der|en|fro|estimacion}} Old French estimacion, {{der|en|la|aestimatio}} Latin aestimatio, {{suffix|en|estimate|ion|nocat=1}} estimate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} estimation (countable and uncountable, plural estimations)
  1. The process of making an estimate. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of making an estimate): оценяване (ocenjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), пресмятане (presmjatane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), estimació [feminine] (Catalan), estimation (French), estimación [feminine] (Galician), εκτίμηση (ektímisi) [feminine] (Greek), becslés [feminine] (Hungarian), stima [feminine] (Italian), 見積り (mitsumori) (Japanese), 어림 (eorim) (Korean), 추정 (chujeong) (alt: 推定) (Korean), taxatio [feminine] (Latin), صان (san) (Ottoman Turkish), برآورد (bar-âvard) (Persian), estimare (Romanian), tomhas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), tuairmse [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), barail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), valoración [feminine] (Spanish), uppskattning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-estimation-en-noun-IKZw9myK Disambiguation of 'the process of making an estimate': 87 11 2
  2. The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (value reached in an estimate): оценка (ocenka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), estimación [feminine] (Galician), εκτίμηση (ektímisi) [feminine] (Greek), taxātiō [feminine] (Latin), uppskattning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-estimation-en-noun-7b8l4UNa Disambiguation of Mathematics: 34 59 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 71 12 Disambiguation of 'value reached in an estimate': 38 55 7
  3. Esteem or favourable regard. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-estimation-en-noun-qfAebkcf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: æstimation [archaic] Derived forms: estimate, ballpark estimation, estimation theory, re-estimation Related terms: esteem

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    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the process of making an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the process of making an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "valoración"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the process of making an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uppskattning"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ocenka",
      "sense": "value reached in an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оценка"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "value reached in an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estimación"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ektímisi",
      "sense": "value reached in an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εκτίμηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "value reached in an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taxātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "value reached in an estimate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "uppskattning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "estimation"
}

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