- a considered opinion; judgment: what is your estimation of the situation?
- esteem; respect
- the act of estimating
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
es•ti•ma•tion /ˌɛstəˈmeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- judgment, impression, or opinion:My estimation of his intelligence has just gone down.
es•ti•ma•tion
(es′tə mā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- judgment or opinion:In my estimation the boy is guilty.
- esteem;
respect. - approximate calculation;
estimate:to make an estimation of one's expenditures.
- Latin aestimātiōn- (stem of aestimātiō). See estimate, -ion
- Middle French
- Middle English estimacioun 1325–75
- 2. appreciation, regard, honor, veneration.
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estimation /ˌɛstɪˈmeɪʃən/ n
'estimation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abase
- appraisal
- assessment
- calculation
- consideration
- fall
- judgment
- lift
- lower
- opinion
- redeem
- reputation
- repute
- set
- account
- conceit
- confidence interval
- credit
- degrade
- depreciation
- derogate
- disparage
- elevate
- estate
- esteem
- estimative
- eye
- fame
- floccinaucinihilipilification
- footing
- interval estimate
- interval estimation
- low
- maximum likelihood estimation
- measure
- point estimation
- postpone
- prefer
- put
- rate
- respect
- unitary
- view
- voice vote
- with
- scale
- self-estimation
- sense
- shame
- sink