All 4 Uses of
estimate
in
1984, by Orwell
- For example, the Ministry of Plenty's forecast had estimated the output of boots for the quarter at 145 million pairs.†
p. 41.1 *estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Most of it was a tedious routine, but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them as in the depths of a mathematical problem — delicate pieces of forgery in which you had nothing to guide you except your knowledge of the principles of Ingsoc and your estimate of what the Party wanted you to say.†
p. 43.9estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Then he pulled the speakwrite towards him and rapped out a message in the hybrid jargon of the Ministries: 'Items one comma five comma seven approved fullwise stop suggestion contained item six doubleplus ridiculous verging crimethink cancel stop unproceed constructionwise and getting plusfull estimates machinery overheads stop end message.'†
p. 168.8estimates = rough calculations or guesses of values, quantities, or extents
- In practice the needs of the population are always underestimated, with the result that there is a chronic shortage of half the necessities of life; but this is looked on as an advantage.†
p. 191.5underestimated = calculated or judged too low
Definition:
rough calculation or judgment