Estimate

Definition

estimate /'estÇmǝt/ n ၁။ ခန္႔မွန္းေျခ။ I can only give you a rough estimate of the number of bricks you will need. ❍ the original/earlier/latest/most recent estimate of their value ❍ according to official government estimates ❍ It will cost at least 10 billion dollars and that's a conservative estimate. ❍ Flight timings are based on our best estimate and wide experience. ၂။ ထင္ျမင္ခ်က္။ ဆံုးျဖတ္ခ်က္။ I don't know her well enough to form an estimate of her abilities. ၃။ ခန္႔မွန္း ကုန္က်မည့္ေငြ။ We got estimates from three different contractors and accepted the lowest. Compare QUOTATION ၃ /'estÇmeÇt/ v ~ sth (at sth) အၾကမ္းဖ်င္းခန္႔မွန္းသည္။ မွန္းၾကည့္ သည္။ estimate the silver content of ore samples ❍ at an estimated cost of $8 million ❍ An estimated 15 million trees were blown down. ❍ We estimated his income at/to be about £35000 a year. ❍ Council officials estimated that the work would take three months. ❍ Try to estimate how much you will have to pay out over the coming year.

Examples

1. It’s difficult to estimate the cost of making your house safe.
2. The Antarctic ice cap is estimated to contain 90% of the world’s fresh water.
3. [estimate something at something] : The total cost was estimated at £600
4. 000.
5. [estimate (that)] : We estimate that 20 per cent of the harvest has been lost.
6. [estimate how much/many] : It is impossible to estimate how many of the residents were affected.
7. An estimated 300
8. 000 people came to the demonstration.