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US
/ˈɡɛstɪmeɪt, ˈɡɛstɪmɪt/
]
[ UK /ɡˈɛstɪmət/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈɛstɪmət/ ]
VERB
- estimate based on a calculation
NOUN
- an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing
How To Use guesstimate In A Sentence
- So heres my swag of how many people attend a party yesterday all over the country. my swag is 110000 total. fox/saudi/hate radio guesstimate with my BS filter of 10. 10million. Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 16, 2010
- Continuing, the chairman said that tourist numbers and tourism revenue were not crude guesstimates but rather solid projections based on the experience of comparable host ports in other countries.
- I would guesstimate this to be about a 3 hour job.
- This too seems to be based on what may roughly be termed a guesstimate, with no consideration of the negativities.
- By the way, although we certainly weren't hating our sleeping arrangements, we guesstimated that tossing two sleeping bags and a tent onto our racks would have been easy.
- The answer to that would take a supercomputer quite a few days to work out and even then it would still be a ballpark guesstimate. CORMORANT
- Mercer's figures are, in our opinion, guesstimates at best.
- There were plenty of guesstimates but, without the basic information, all subsequent valuations of the company were not worth the paper they were written on.
- Judging from the detail level, I'd guesstimate this is about 50 metres across.
- Assuming that wealthier and more foresightful people tended to get out of town before the hurricane, I would guesstimate that roughly 15% to 20% of the people left behind in New Orleans were, according to the Supreme Court, ineligible for the death penalty due to having IQs below 70. The Supreme Court on IQ and Judgment