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n. a statement indicating the likely cost of some job; "he got an estimate from the car repair shop"

n. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

estimation

n. the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"

approximation, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

estimation, appraisal

n. a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)

gauge, guess, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

figure, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

opinion, ruling

n. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

conjecture

n. reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

projection

n. a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

study, cogitation

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

conviction, strong belief

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

feeling, impression, notion, belief

n. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

judgment, judgement, opinion

n. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"

figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

measure, value, rate, appraise, evaluate, assess, place a valuation on, place a value on

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

graduate, calibrate, fine tune

v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"

measure, quantify, express as a quantity

v. express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"

promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict, forebode

v. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

foresee, envision

v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"

speculate, indulge in speculations

v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

estimate, gauge, guess, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

conjecture, speculate, suppose, theorize, theorise, hypothesize, hypothecate

v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider

v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"

class, separate, sort, sort out, classify, assort

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

project, externalize

v. regard as objective

recite

v. repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"

take account of, count on, reckon with

v. judge to be probable

rely on, rely upon, count on, depend on, bet on, look to, count upon, calculate on, reckon on

v. judge to be probable

reason, think logically

v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"

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