Crossword clues for estimating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Estimate \Es"ti*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estimated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estimating.] [L. aestimatus, p. p. of aestimare. See Esteem, v. t.]
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To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.
It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them.
--Locke.It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living.
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To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land.
Syn: To appreciate; value; appraise; prize; rate; esteem; count; calculate; number. -- To Estimate, Esteem. Both these words imply an exercise of the judgment. Estimate has reference especially to the external relations of things, such as amount, magnitude, importance, etc. It usually involves computation or calculation; as, to estimate the loss or gain of an enterprise. Esteem has reference to the intrinsic or moral worth of a person or thing. Thus, we esteem a man for his kindness, or his uniform integrity. In this sense it implies a mingled sentiment of respect and attachment. We esteem it an honor to live in a free country. See Appreciate.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of estimate English)
Usage examples of "estimating".
The task at hand is how to start a collection of recordings which play ok outcomes to transactions, successes in terms of correct probability estimating, successes in terms of integrated actions which make sense, which are programmed by the Adult, and not by the Parent or Child, successes based on an ethic which can be supported rationally.
Even as he'd been speaking, he'd been surveying the faces in the ground of the orderly Rraladoonans, estimating the numbers.
The sled did handle properly, she was relieved to note, but she kept a close check on the panel lights and the readout, visually estimating her altitude and her direction against the sun.
Jaxom regarded the Hold peninsula, estimating how much Toric and his holdless men had managed to explore.
If the Adult is alert to the possibility of trouble, through probability estimating, it can also devise solutions to meet the trouble if and when it comes.
So they had stood their ground—almost to a man, Belisarius judged, estimating the mound of corpses.
Khusrau stopped at the pavilion's entrance, eyeing the general up and down, much like a man estimating livestock.
Firing high—not estimating the range right or adjusting their sights, the idle bastards.
It took time to make a rifleman, and a lot of practice at things like estimating ranges.
Firing high not estimating the range right or adjusting their sights, the idle bastards.
Wait until the attackers are really packed in here” he looked up and down the long ramp, estimating the space “say fifteen hundred of them.
Keene looked back the way they had come, reconstructing in his mind the route they had taken and estimating distances.
He stood up and looked back, estimating the final course that the Rustler had been following and trying to reconstruct the turns he had made bringing it down.
With tight management I'm estimating hitting a rock-bottom situation at about three months from now, after which we should be able to start pulling things back together.
The figures Weyland and his staff are estimating are wildly unrealistic.