estimationes‧ti‧ma‧tion /ˌestəˈmeɪʃən/ ●○○ AWL noun

- To aid the estimation of moving costs, we will assume that each room is of average size.
- Emphasis should be given to practical activities involving measurement and estimation.
- He is a total genius, in my estimation.
- I had not shone at school but I believed that I could do better than their lowly estimation of my capability.
- Still, if it helped to restore his own estimation of himself, let him think otherwise.
- The same explanatory variable set was used in the estimation.
- They must be ascribed the status due to calculations which contain a large element of estimation.
► go up/come down in somebody’s estimation (=be respected or admired more or less by someone)
nounestimateestimationestimatoroverestimate ≠ underestimateverbestimateoverestimate ≠ underestimateadjectiveestimated