"guesstimate" meaning in English

See guesstimate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/ [US], [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈.mɪ̈ʔ(t̚)] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guesstimate.wav Forms: guesstimates [plural]
Etymology: Blend of guess + estimate. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|guess|estimate}} Blend of guess + estimate Head templates: {{en-noun}} guesstimate (plural guesstimates)
  1. (informal) An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data. Tags: informal Related terms: guesswork Translations (estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data): 粗略估計 (Chinese Mandarin), 粗略估计 (cūlüè gūjì) (Chinese Mandarin), arvaus (Finnish), karkea arvaus (Finnish), au doigt mouillé (French), au pif (French), à vue de nez (French), olhómetro [Portugal] (Portuguese), olhômetro [Brazil] (Portuguese), conjetura [feminine] (Spanish), guestimación [masculine] (Spanish), chute [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-guesstimate-en-noun-BiKQOV1K Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 47 24 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 5 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 79 10 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 14 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 7 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 6 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 16 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 11 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: guestimate

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɛs.təˌmeɪt/ [US], [ˈɡɛs.tɪ̈ˌmeɪ̯ʔ(t̚)] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guesstimate2.wav Forms: guesstimates [present, singular, third-person], guesstimating [participle, present], guesstimated [participle, past], guesstimated [past]
Etymology: Blend of guess + estimate. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|guess|estimate}} Blend of guess + estimate Head templates: {{en-verb}} guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)
  1. (intransitive) To make a guesstimate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-guesstimate-en-verb-NcHfQg~P
  2. (transitive) To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-guesstimate-en-verb-EXqPNZlN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: guestimate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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