noun

1. ESTIMATE, a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
2. ESTIMATE, an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
3. ESTIMATE, the respect with which a person is held
4. ESTIMATE, a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
5. ESTIMATE, a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
6. ESTIMATE, a guess that you make based on the information you have about the size, amount, etc., of something
7. ESTIMATE, a statement about how much a job will cost
8. ESTIMATE, an opinion or judgment about how good or bad something is

verb

1. ESTIMATE, judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
2. ESTIMATE, judge to be probable
3. ESTIMATE, to give or form a general idea about the value, size, or cost of (something) : to make an estimate of (something)

1. They estimated the distance at about three miles.
2. We need to estimate how much paint we'll need for the job.
3. The cost of the project has been estimated at about 10 million dollars.
4. According to government estimates, current oil reserves are 10 percent lower than they were a year ago.
5. One conservative estimate is that he stole five million dollars.
6. We solicited several estimates for the project.