estimated

CEFRC1

/ˈɛstəˌmeɪtɪd/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Calculated roughly rather than measured exactly.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of estimate

Examples

  • It is estimated that there are over half a million words in English.

  • The damages are estimated not to exceed a million yen at the worst.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. That is an estimate.

More examples

In context

  • The value of the painting was estimated at several million dollars.

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