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{
"term": "estimate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "estimate",
"heSheIt": "estimates"
},
"pastSimple": "estimated",
"pastParticiple": "estimated",
"ingForm": "estimating"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to form an idea of the cost, size, value, etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly",
"sensetop": "estimate somethingestimate something at somethingestimate something from somethingestimate something as somethingestimate something to do somethingestimate (that)…it is estimated (that)…estimate how many, large, etc…",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **estimate the cost/value/number** of something",
"contextForm": "estimate something"
},
{
"text": "The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million."
},
{
"text": "Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.",
"contextForm": "estimate something at something"
},
{
"text": "All variables can be estimated from the data.",
"contextForm": "estimate something from something"
},
{
"text": "The number of breeding pairs was estimated as the number of pairs building nests.",
"contextForm": "estimate something as something"
},
{
"text": "The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million.",
"contextForm": "estimate something to do something"
},
{
"text": "We estimated (that) it would cost about €5 000.",
"contextForm": "estimate (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It is estimated (that) the project will last four years.",
"contextForm": "it is estimated (that)…"
},
{
"text": "It is hard to estimate how many children have dyslexia.",
"contextForm": "estimate how many, large, etc…"
},
{
"text": "Estimate the time it will take to complete each section."
},
{
"text": "Samples are usually used to estimate parameters."
},
{
"text": "The scale of the problem has been estimated by a number of different surveys."
},
{
"text": "This made it possible to estimate the effect of workplace ventilation."
},
{
"text": "The results of the survey were used to estimate the preferences of the population at large."
},
{
"text": "The strike was officially estimated to have cost $80 million."
},
{
"text": "We estimated that the distance would be roughly 200 km."
},
{
"text": "It is conservatively estimated that about half a million people died in the famine."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["currently", "initially", "originally"],
"verb + estimate": [
"be difficult to",
"be hard to",
"be impossible to"
],
"preposition": ["at"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪt/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimate__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪts/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimates__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimated__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimating__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪt/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimate__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪts/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimates__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimated__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "es/estimate/estimating__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}