OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 12937

estimate

/ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estimar
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
Higher real prices for durables are estimated to have reduced their consumption per capita by 1.09% in 1930, […]
I estimate that I need 400 board feet of lumber to complete a job, and then order 350 because I do not want a surplus, or perhaps order 450 because I do not want to make any subseq…