estimated

es-ti-mat-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Approximately calculated or judged rather than precisely known.

  2. 2.

    Roughly calculated or judged.

  3. 3.

    Based on rough calculation or informed guesswork.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    estimated time of arrival (ETA) — the predicted time of reaching a destination
  • •
    estimated reading — an approximate meter reading
  • •
    estimated delivery — the predicted delivery date

Related words

Antonyms: actual, exact, precise
See also: approximate, calculated, estimate, projected
Synonyms: approximate, assessed, calculated, projected

Etymology

From Latin aestimare ("to value, estimate") + -ed. See [[estimate]].