over-estimate

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• over-estimate — …   Useful english dictionary

• over estimate ability — n. overvalue ability …   English contemporary dictionary

• estimate — 01. His [estimate] for the renovations to our house was $2,250. 02. He [estimated] it would cost $45 to fix my bicycle. 03. In my [estimation], his scheme won t work. 04. Police [estimated] the crowd at 2,000. 05. I [ …   Grammatical examples in English

• estimate — [n] approximate calculation; educated guess appraisal, appraisement, assay, assessment, ballpark figure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, gauging, guess, guesstimate*, impression, judgment, measure, measurement,… …   New thesaurus

• estimate — es|ti|mate1 [ estı,meıt ] verb transitive *** to say what you think an amount or value will be, either by guessing or by using available information to calculate it: It s difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe. The Antarctic ice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Estimate of the Situation — The Estimate of the Situation [The term estimate of the situation is generic, often used in military intelligence to describe a type of early report on an important subject.] was a document supposedly written in 1948 by the personnel of United… …   Wikipedia

• estimate — ▪ I. estimate es‧ti‧mate 1 [ˈestmt] noun [countable] 1. a calculation of what the value, size, amount etc of something will probably be: • They were able to give us a rough estimate (= a not very exact one ) of the cost. • Even the most …   Financial and business terms

• estimate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ official, unofficial ▪ current, recent ▪ Current estimates suggest that supplies will run out within six months. ▪ early …   Collocations dictionary

• estimate */*/*/ — I UK [ˈestɪmeɪt] / US [ˈestɪˌmeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms estimate : present tense I/you/we/they estimate he/she/it estimates present participle estimating past tense estimated past participle estimated to say what you think an amount or… …   English dictionary

• estimate — 1 / est&m&t/ noun (C) 1 a calculation of the value, size, amount etc of something: a rough estimate (=not very exact): At a rough estimate I d say it s about 150 miles. | a conservative estimate (=deliberately rather low): That seems a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• estimate — The time [Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)], calculated by either the controller or the pilot, at which an IFR (instrument flight rules) aircraft will arrive over a navigation facility or navigation fix …   Aviation dictionary