guesstimate
an estimate made with little information
TRANSLATION
guesstimate (noun) = die Daumenschätzung guesstimate (verb) = etwas grob schätzen --- GOOGLE INDEX guesstimate: approximately 800,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Although experienced roof contractors can GUESSTIMATE how big a roof is just by looking at it, the best ones will get as precise as possible—it's in their best interest to know how much material they'll need.
(Detroit Free Press)
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This Friday’s employment report for September should be disappointing because the GUESSTIMATE for newly born companies during the month is low.
(New York Post)
(Detroit Free Press)
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This Friday’s employment report for September should be disappointing because the GUESSTIMATE for newly born companies during the month is low.
(New York Post)
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guesstimate
noun and verb
- an estimate usually made without adequate information
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Guesstimate is a blend of two words with similar meanings: guess and estimate.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, to guess is to estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct. It also defines estimate as roughly calculating or judging the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.
Both words mean essentially the same thing, but they make a nice blend, or portmanteau as such words are also called, since the sound of one word (estimate) begins where the first one (guess) ends.
The word guess evolved from the Old English "gessen," meaning to estimate or appraise. It was originally used in the sense of "taking aim" and likely stemmed from a Scandinavian source and ultimately from the Proto-Germanic "getiskanan," meaning "to get."
Estimate is a 16th century word that derived from the Latin "aestimatus," the past participle of aestimare meaning to value or appraise something.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
ballpark figure, conjecture, guess, guesswork, hunch, presumption, shot in the dark, supposition, suspicion, theory
(verb)
appraise, estimate, gauge, guess, hypothesize, figure out, peg, size up, surmise, weigh
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"What's your guesstimate for next year's sales figures."
noun and verb
- an estimate usually made without adequate information
(Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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Guesstimate is a blend of two words with similar meanings: guess and estimate.
According to the Oxford Dictionary, to guess is to estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct. It also defines estimate as roughly calculating or judging the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.
Both words mean essentially the same thing, but they make a nice blend, or portmanteau as such words are also called, since the sound of one word (estimate) begins where the first one (guess) ends.
The word guess evolved from the Old English "gessen," meaning to estimate or appraise. It was originally used in the sense of "taking aim" and likely stemmed from a Scandinavian source and ultimately from the Proto-Germanic "getiskanan," meaning "to get."
Estimate is a 16th century word that derived from the Latin "aestimatus," the past participle of aestimare meaning to value or appraise something.
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SYNONYMS
(noun)
ballpark figure, conjecture, guess, guesswork, hunch, presumption, shot in the dark, supposition, suspicion, theory
(verb)
appraise, estimate, gauge, guess, hypothesize, figure out, peg, size up, surmise, weigh
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"What's your guesstimate for next year's sales figures."
