guesstimate
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- Noun
- Verb
Noun[edit]
guesstimate (plural guesstimates)
- (informal) An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
- I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
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Translations[edit]
estimate based on insufficient or unreliable data
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Verb[edit]
guesstimate (third-person singular simple present guesstimates, present participle guesstimating, simple past and past participle guesstimated)
- (intransitive) To make a guesstimate.
- (transitive) To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.
Translations[edit]
To make a guesstimate
To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity