guesstimate
noun/ˈɡɛs.tə.mət/US/ˈɡɛs.təˌmeɪt/US
Etymology
Blend of guess + estimate.
- borrowed from aestimātus
- inherited from estimat
Definitions
An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on…
An estimate that is hardly any better than a guess, often because it is based on insufficient or unreliable data.
- Near-synonym: educated guess
- I'm not sure how many people were at the festival. My best guesstimate is 50,000.
To make a guesstimate.
To make a guesstimate of a specific quantity.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for guesstimate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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