Meanings
plural estimations · alternative æstimation
- countableuncountableEsteem or favourable regard.
With that performance last night, you've gone up in the director's estimation.
Synonyms: opinion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEsteem or favourable regard.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
nounan approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
nouna judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaestimatio
- Old Frenchestimacion
- Middle Englishestimacioun
- Englishestimation
From Middle English estimacioun, estimacion, from Old French estimacion, from Latin aestimatio. Morphologically estimate + -ion.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian оценяване, пресмятане
- оценяване (ocenjavane)the process of making an estimate
- пресмятане (presmjatane)the process of making an estimate
- оценка (ocenka)value reached in an estimate
Catalan estimació
- estimacióthe process of making an estimate
Chinese Mandarin 估計 /估计
- 估計 /估计 (gūjì)the process of making an estimate
French estimation
- estimationthe process of making an estimate
Greek εκτίμηση, εκτίμηση
- εκτίμηση (ektímisi)the process of making an estimate
- εκτίμηση (ektímisi)value reached in an estimate
Hindi नापतौल, नापजोख
- नापतौल (nāptaul)the process of making an estimate
- नापजोख (nāpjokh)the process of making an estimate
- आकलन (āklan)value reached in an estimate
Hungarian becslés
- becslésthe process of making an estimate
Italian stima
- stimathe process of making an estimate
Japanese 見積り
- 見積り (mitsumori)the process of making an estimate
Korean 어림, 추정
- 어림 (eorim)the process of making an estimate
- 추정 (chujeong)the process of making an estimate
Latin taxatio, taxātiō
- taxatiothe process of making an estimate
- taxātiōvalue reached in an estimate
Malay anggaran
- anggaranthe process of making an estimate
Persian برآورد
- برآورد (bar-âvard)the process of making an estimate
Polish oszacowanie, szacunek
- oszacowaniethe process of making an estimate
- szacunekthe process of making an estimate
- szacunekvalue reached in an estimate
Romanian estimare
- estimarethe process of making an estimate
Russian оценка
- оценка (ocenka)the process of making an estimate
Scottish Gaelic tomhas, tuairmse
- tomhasthe process of making an estimate
- tuairmsethe process of making an estimate
- barailthe process of making an estimate
Spanish valoración
- valoraciónthe process of making an estimate
Swedish uppskattning, uppskattning
- uppskattningthe process of making an estimate
- uppskattningvalue reached in an estimate
Ukrainian оцінка
- оцінка (ocinka)the process of making an estimate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with estimation
Cite this entry
estimation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estimation
“estimation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estimation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estimation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estimation.
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