counterestimate

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noun

An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.

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Meanings

nouncounterestimate (plural counterestimates)

plural counterestimates

  1. An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.

    Specialists in military history and logistics have forever questioned Herodotus's figures, agreeing that they are unacceptable and proposing countless counterestimates.

    2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos, page 216

Origin

From counter- + estimate.

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APA

counterestimate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterestimate

MLA

“counterestimate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterestimate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterestimate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterestimate.

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