estimate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with estimate, each labelled with its topic.

• The builder's estimate for the roof came to eleven thousand, and the homeowner got two more before deciding.

  Architecture

• Our first estimate said the app would take nine weeks, and we shipped it in twenty-three, as usual.

  Startups

• Ask a local for an estimate of the walk uphill and you will hear anything from twenty minutes to two hours.

  Travel

• The analyst's estimate of quarterly earnings missed by a cent, and the shares fell nine percent anyway.

  Finance

• The central bank's estimate of unemployment was revised twice before the true figure appeared six months later.

  Economics

• The team's estimate put the star's age at nine billion years, give or take a billion in either direction.

  Science

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains estimate. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• internal
• objective
• technique
• process
• regulation
• establishment
• cycle
• minimize
• deny
• devices
• motive
• promote