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PRONUNCIATION OF GUESSTIMATE

guesstimate  [ˈɡɛstɪmɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUESSTIMATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Guesstimate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb guesstimate in English.

WHAT DOES GUESSTIMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Guesstimate

Guesstimate is an informal English portmanteau of guess and estimate, first used by American statisticians in 1934 or 1935. It is defined as an estimate made without using adequate or complete information, or, more strongly, as an estimate arrived at by guesswork or conjecture. Like the words estimate and guess, guesstimate may be used as a verb or a noun. A guesstimate may be a first rough approximation pending a more accurate estimate, or it may be an educated guess at something for which no better information will become available. The word may be used in a pejorative sense if information for a better estimate is available but ignored. Guesstimation techniques are used: ▪ in physics, where the use of guesstimation techniques to solve Fermi problems is taught as a useful skill to science students. ▪ in cosmology, where the Drake equation is a well-known guesstimation method. ▪ in economics, where economic forecasts and statistics are often based on guesstimates.

Definition of guesstimate in the English dictionary

The definition of guesstimate in the dictionary is an estimate calculated mainly or only by guesswork. Other definition of guesstimate is to form a guesstimate of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GUESSTIMATE

PRESENT

Present
I guesstimate
you guesstimate
he/she/it guesstimates
we guesstimate
you guesstimate
they guesstimate
Present continuous
I am guesstimating
you are guesstimating
he/she/it is guesstimating
we are guesstimating
you are guesstimating
they are guesstimating
Present perfect
I have guesstimated
you have guesstimated
he/she/it has guesstimated
we have guesstimated
you have guesstimated
they have guesstimated
Present perfect continuous
I have been guesstimating
you have been guesstimating
he/she/it has been guesstimating
we have been guesstimating
you have been guesstimating
they have been guesstimating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I guesstimated
you guesstimated
he/she/it guesstimated
we guesstimated
you guesstimated
they guesstimated
Past continuous
I was guesstimating
you were guesstimating
he/she/it was guesstimating
we were guesstimating
you were guesstimating
they were guesstimating
Past perfect
I had guesstimated
you had guesstimated
he/she/it had guesstimated
we had guesstimated
you had guesstimated
they had guesstimated
Past perfect continuous
I had been guesstimating
you had been guesstimating
he/she/it had been guesstimating
we had been guesstimating
you had been guesstimating
they had been guesstimating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will guesstimate
you will guesstimate
he/she/it will guesstimate
we will guesstimate
you will guesstimate
they will guesstimate
Future continuous
I will be guesstimating
you will be guesstimating
he/she/it will be guesstimating
we will be guesstimating
you will be guesstimating
they will be guesstimating
Future perfect
I will have guesstimated
you will have guesstimated
he/she/it will have guesstimated
we will have guesstimated
you will have guesstimated
they will have guesstimated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been guesstimating
you will have been guesstimating
he/she/it will have been guesstimating
we will have been guesstimating
you will have been guesstimating
they will have been guesstimating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would guesstimate
you would guesstimate
he/she/it would guesstimate
we would guesstimate
you would guesstimate
they would guesstimate
Conditional continuous
I would be guesstimating
you would be guesstimating
he/she/it would be guesstimating
we would be guesstimating
you would be guesstimating
they would be guesstimating
Conditional perfect
I would have guesstimate
you would have guesstimate
he/she/it would have guesstimate
we would have guesstimate
you would have guesstimate
they would have guesstimate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been guesstimating
you would have been guesstimating
he/she/it would have been guesstimating
we would have been guesstimating
you would have been guesstimating
they would have been guesstimating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you guesstimate
we let´s guesstimate
you guesstimate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to guesstimate
Past participle
guesstimated
Present Participle
guesstimating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUESSTIMATE


antepenultimate
ˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmɪt
approximate
əˈprɒksɪmɪt
climate
ˈklaɪmɪt
delimit
diːˈlɪmɪt
ecoclimate
ˌiːkəʊˈklaɪmɪt
exanimate
ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt
illegitimate
ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt
inanimate
ɪnˈænɪmɪt
intimate
ˈɪntɪmɪt
legitimate
lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪt
limit
ˈlɪmɪt
macroclimate
ˈmækrəʊˌklaɪmɪt
microclimate
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌklaɪmɪt
penultimate
pɪˈnʌltɪmɪt
prelimit
priːˈlɪmɪt
proximate
ˈprɒksɪmɪt
semmit
ˈsɪmɪt
sublimit
ˈsʌbˌlɪmɪt
ultimate
ˈʌltɪmɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUESSTIMATE

guess
guessable
guesser
guessing game
guesswork
guest
guest beer
guest list
guest night
guest of honour
guest room
guest rope
guest star
guest worker
guestbook
guesten
guesthouse
guestimate
guestwise

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUESSTIMATE

animate
collimate
continental climate
corrosive sublimate
cost estimate
decimate
disanimate
estimate
guestimate
interval estimate
mate
misestimate
optimate
overestimate
palaeoclimate
point estimate
primate
reanimate
reestimate
sublimate
underestimate

Synonyms and antonyms of guesstimate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guesstimate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUESSTIMATE

Find out the translation of guesstimate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of guesstimate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guesstimate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

猜测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

guesstimate
570 millions of speakers

English

guesstimate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

guesstimate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

guesstimate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

догадка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guesstimate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্দাজি হিসেব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

devinette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meneka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

guesstimate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

当て推量
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어디 까지나 추정치 일뿐 정확한 통계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Guesstimate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phỏng đoán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

guesstimate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भधारणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sezgiye dayalı tahmin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

guesstimate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

guesstimate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

здогадка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guesstimate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

guesstimate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

guesstimate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

guesstimate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

guesstimate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guesstimate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUESSTIMATE»

The term «guesstimate» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.306 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUESSTIMATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «guesstimate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «guesstimate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guesstimate

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUESSTIMATE»

Discover the use of guesstimate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guesstimate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ajax Design Patterns
There are a few gotchas with Guesstimate. For example, the Guesstimate might end up being an impossible result, like “-5 minutes remaining” or “12.8 users online”! If there's a risk that your algorithm will lead to such situations, you probably ...
Michael Mahemoff, 2006
2
Trophic Models of Aquatic Ecosystems
Group Consumption/biomass Diet composition Zooplankton Polovina(1985) guesstimate Meiobenthos Walsh (1981) guesstimate Macrobenthos Walsh (1981 ) guesstimate Anchoveta Alamo (1989), Rojas de Mendiola Alamo (1989), Rojas de ...
Villy Christensen, Daniel Pauly, 1993
3
The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
guesstimate polysyllabic words and complicated thoughts. Some people upgrade simple or straightforward ideas to unintelligible ones; others degrade substantive or nuanced ideas to unsophisticated ones. Green light is an example of the ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
4
Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a ...
The book is written in a question-and-answer format with lots of hints along the way.
Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam, 2009
5
Ajax Black Book, New Edition (With Cd)
U Will the users come to know that the guesstimate is occurring? Q What support will be acquired from the server? How often the Guesstimates will be made? The main aim of the Guesstimate pattern is to reduce the frequency of the real data, ...
Kogent Solutions Inc., 2008
6
Mathematical Reasoning
Guesstimate. Number. Guesstimate. Number. Guesstimate. Number. Guesstimate2. THIS. PAGE. IS. FOR. THE. TEACHER. 12345678 123456781234567812345678 12345678 123456781234567812345678 • The number is between 1 and ...
Edward Connor, 2005
7
The Global Economic Crisis and the Developing World: ...
Al Parameter value of the CGE model: parameter values, stability ranges and sources Behavioural Parameters P V Range of P V a/ Source Max Min Elasticity of transformation CET Fn. (c IPP and MR) 5.00 0.10 55 Guesstimate Export Equation ...
Ashwini Deshpande, Keith Nurse, 2012
8
Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a ...
A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone preparing for a job interview in technology or finance, where more and more leading businesses test applicants using estimation questions just like these.
Lawrence Weinstein, 2012
9
Phonics Exposed: Understanding and Resisting Systematic ...
When <tion> is the final syllable in a word, it is unaccented. lastsyllableofaword thefirstvowel or<sh>,these “Guesstimate” of reliability of the generalization: ______% Would you teach it?______ 25. In most twosyllablewords that endina ...
Richard J. Meyer, 2001
10
Troubled IT Projects: Prevention and Turnaround
The way I generate this guesstimate of project scale is very subjective. I tend to look at the RFP/ITT, gain an impression of the degree and complexity of the functionality and the complexity of the interfaces, search my memory for 'similar ...
John M. Smith, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUESSTIMATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guesstimate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Putnam Letter: Vote No On Library Budget
To date, no one has been privy to that number, my guesstimate is somewhere in the vicinity of $4 million dollars. As over-taxed residents of ... «The Daily Voice, Jul 15»
2
The 35 unsexiest minutes of my life: a kind of Magic Mike XXL review
... he turned back and asked, "Are you sure? I was just starting to come around … " *This is a guesstimate based on how very, very long it felt. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Surface and mineral rights should be equal under law
The aquifer below Pine Bluffs drains into the Ogallala aquifer? I live in the county and would appreciate a guesstimate on how much the water ... «Wyoming Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Review: Penn & Teller on Broadway
We all can guesstimate how the lady-sawed-in-half routine works but you'll never look at it the same way once these gentlemen have given you ... «Broadway Blog, Jul 15»
5
The Week Ahead: It Might Get Loud
... to determine the economy's velocity, but also to guesstimate on what Fed Chair Janet Yellen and her central banker buddies may be thinking. «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
6
Netflix surge threatens free-to-air
Before its launch estimates (really no better than hazard-a-guesstimate) had about 200,000 Australians accessing the US service through ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
Average Crops
Does anyone have any charts to guesstimate what a national trend-adjusted "average" yield would be for corn and soybeans? And, how that ... «Agriculture.com, Jul 15»
8
Former Sydney player Dale Lewis first exposed drug use in AFL in …
He said at the time that he believed 75 per cent of AFL players had “done” illicit drugs, but admits now that was just a guesstimate. Lewis said ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
9
Ex-Swan wants drugs policy change
He said at the time that he believed 75 per cent of AFL players had “done” illicit drugs, but admits now that was just a guesstimate. Lewis said ... «Fox Sports, Jul 15»
10
Big Reveal: $599K For This Modernized 1908 Magnolia Home
$599k is below my $890k guesstimate .. That (to me) makes this place all the more of a bargain relative to what can be had out there right now ... «Curbed Seattle, Jul 15»

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