B2 to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something:
[ + (that) ] They estimate (that) the journey will take at least two weeks.
[ + question word ] It was difficult to estimate how many trees had been destroyed.
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- Red Cross officials estimate that 20 000 refugees streamed into the city last week.
- The estimated costs of the building project are well over £1 million.
- We had estimated about 300 visitors, but the actual number was much higher.
- We estimate the potential market for the new phones to be around one million people in this country alone.
- It has been estimated that one in eight couples is infertile.
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estimated
adjective uk
/ˈes.tɪ.meɪ.tɪd/ us
/ˈes.tə.meɪ.t̬ɪd/
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- The estimated costs of the building project are well over £1 million.
- The 77th edition of the Indianapolis 500 was held before an estimated 450 000 fans.
- There are an estimated 1.5 million HIV carriers in the country.
- The bridge was begun five years ago and the estimated cost has already doubled.
- The estimated worth of the plastics and petrochemical industry is about $640 billion.
B2 a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something might be:
The number of people who applied for the course was 120 compared with an initial estimate of between 50 and 100.
a conservative (= low) estimate
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- She made a rough estimate/calculation of the likely cost.
- If I said there were three million unemployed, that would be a conservative estimate.
- Their estimate of the cost of the project was wildly inaccurate.
- Our estimates were only out by a few dollars.
- We'll accept the lowest of three estimates for the building work.
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