{
    "term": "estimate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "estimate",
            "heSheIt": "estimates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "estimated",
        "pastParticiple": "estimated",
        "ingForm": "estimating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to form an idea of the cost, size, value, etc. of something, but without calculating it exactly",
            "sensetop": "estimate somethingestimate something at somethingestimate something from somethingestimate something as somethingestimate something to do somethingestimate (that)…it is estimated (that)…estimate how many, large, etc…",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **estimate the cost/value/number** of something",
                    "contextForm": "estimate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The satellite will cost an estimated £400 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police estimate the crowd at 30 000.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate something at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All variables can be estimated from the data.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of breeding pairs was estimated as the number of pairs building nests.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The deal is estimated to be worth around $1.5 million.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We estimated (that) it would cost about €5 000.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is estimated (that) the project will last four years.",
                    "contextForm": "it is estimated (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is hard to estimate how many children have dyslexia.",
                    "contextForm": "estimate how many, large, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Estimate the time it will take to complete each section."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Samples are usually used to estimate parameters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scale of the problem has been estimated by a number of different surveys."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This made it possible to estimate the effect of workplace ventilation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results of the survey were used to estimate the preferences of the population at large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strike was officially estimated to have cost $80 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We estimated that the distance would be roughly 200 km."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is conservatively estimated that about half a million people died in the famine."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["currently", "initially", "originally"],
                "verb + estimate": [
                    "be difficult to",
                    "be hard to",
                    "be impossible to"
                ],
                "preposition": ["at"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪt/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimate__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪts/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪt/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimate__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪts/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "es/estimate/estimating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}