estimation

What it means

1. countableuncountableThe process of making an estimate.

   The publisher made an estimation on the potential value of the new novel.

   1 more example

   According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.

2. countableuncountableThe amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
3. countableuncountableEsteem or favourable regard.

   With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.

   Synonyms: opinion

In a sentence

According to my estimations, we should get to the border in five hours, give or take.

Where it comes from

1. Latinaestimatio
2. Old Frenchestimacion
3. Middle Englishestimacioun
4. Englishestimation

From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.