MEANING
1. The process or result of calculating an approximate amount, value, or extent from available information.
2. A judgment about the quality, worth, or likely character of someone or something.
Use it for
describing a quantity calculated with uncertainty; distinguishing approximate values from exact measurements; explaining how an unknown population value is inferredDistinguishes an approximate calculated quantity from an exact measurement, and either from a personal evaluative judgment. Academic functions: Research / Methodology.
Words that belong together
- parameter estimation
- estimation of costs
- estimation error
On the page
The estimation of informal employment depends on how unpaid work is classified.
Wide uncertainty intervals limit the precision of the estimation.
In the critic’s estimation, the ending weakens the novel’s political argument.
The institution rose in public estimation after publishing its financial records.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- estimation
Usage notes
Countable or uncountable for approximate calculation; estimations is the regular plural. Opinion sense commonly uses in someone’s estimation. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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