counterestimate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ estimate

Noun[edit]

counterestimate (plural counterestimates)

  1. An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.
    • 2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos, page 216:
      Specialists in military history and logistics have forever questioned Herodotus's figures, agreeing that they are unacceptable and proposing countless counterestimates.
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