All 6 Uses of
estimate
in
David Copperfield
- '— Which will be kept down to my estimate,' said his sister.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- Uriah, with his long hands slowly twining over one another, made a ghastly writhe from the waist upwards, to express his concurrence in this estimation of me.†
Chpt 16-18
- Whenever she was particularly discomposed, she always performed one of these pedestrian feats; and the amount of her discomposure might always be estimated by the duration of her walk.†
Chpt 40-42
- It will be your duty, and it will be your pleasure too — of course I know that; I am not delivering a lecture — to estimate her (as you chose her) by the qualities she has, and not by the qualities she may not have.†
Chpt 43-45
- After a careful consideration of these, and an elaborate estimate of his resources, he had come to the conclusion to select that sum which represented the amount with compound interest to two years, fifteen calendar months, and fourteen days, from that date.†
Chpt 55-57
- It is estimated that not fewer than forty-seven persons must have been accommodated with dinner at one time, exclusive of the company in the passage and on the stairs.†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(estimate) rough calculation or judgment