the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > is likely to be (2)
Expressing the likeliness of an action or fact with little or no future reference: will prove or turn out to, will be found on inquiry to; may…
Expressing the past likelihood of an action or fact with little or no future reference, as in would be ‘probably or presumably was’. Now usually in…