Estimation \Es`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare:
cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]
1. The act of estimating. --Shak.
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2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity
of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation;
as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral
qualities.
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If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall
present himself before the priest, and the priest,
and the priest shall value him. --Lev. xxvii.
8.
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3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.
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I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor
with the elders. --Wisdom viii.
10.
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4. Supposition; conjecture.
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I speak not this in estimation,
As what I think might be, but what I know. --Shak.
Syn: Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement;
esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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129 Moby Thesaurus words for "estimation":
account, adding, admiration, adoration, analyzing, apotheosis,
appraisal, appraisement, appraising, appreciation, apprizal,
approbation, approval, approximation, arithmetic, assessing,
assessment, assize, assizement, assumption, attitude, awe,
breathless adoration, calculation, calculus, casting, ciphering,
climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment,
computation, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion,
consensus gentium, consideration, correction, courtesy, credit,
deference, deification, determination, dual pricing, duty, esteem,
estimate, ethos, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative criticism,
exaggerated respect, eye, favor, feeling, figuring, footing, gauge,
gauging, general belief, great respect, guess, hero worship,
high regard, homage, honor, idea, idolatry, idolization,
impression, instrumentation, judgement, judgment, lights, measure,
measurement, measuring, mensuration, metric system, mind, mystique,
notion, observation, opinion, personal judgment, point of view,
popular belief, position, posture, prestige, presumption,
prevailing belief, price determination, pricing, public belief,
public opinion, quantification, quantization, ranking, rating,
reaction, reckoning, regard, respect, reverence,
reverential regard, sentiment, sight, stance, stock, survey,
surveying, telemetering, telemetry, theory, thinking, thought,
totaling, toting, triangulation, unit pricing, valuation, valuing,
veneration, view, way of thinking, weighing, worship, worth
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Estimation \Es`ti*ma"tion\, n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare:
cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]
1. The act of estimating. --Shak.
2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity
of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation;
as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral
qualities.
If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall
present himself before the priest, and the priest,
and the priest shall value him. --Lev. xxvii.
8.
3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.
I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor
with the elders. --Wisdom viii.
10.
4. Supposition; conjecture.
I speak not this in estimation, As what I think
might be, but what I know. --Shak.
Syn: Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement;
esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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