estimates
- 1Plural of estimate.
The contractor's estimates varied widely depending on the materials.
Analysts revised their growth estimates after the new data arrived.
Note
The plural covers every branch of the noun: rough reckonings of size, value or cost, the written or spoken quotes a tradesperson gives for a job, and upper limits placed on a quantity. The same spelling also serves the verb, as in she estimates the cost. Context tells them apart: after a determiner or number (three estimates) it is the noun; after a subject it is the verb.
estimates is a form of estimate
estimate, noun: An approximate judgment or calculation of how much something is worth, how large it is, or what it will cost. Full entry
- Forms
- estimateestimates plural
- Spelling
- estimate → estimates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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