All 3 Uses of
estimate
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Washington Square, by Henry James
- He had passed his life in estimating people (it was part of the medical trade), and in nineteen cases out of twenty he was right.†
Chpt 13 *estimating = roughly calculating or guessing (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- This image could not fail to recommend itself to Morris Townsend, and he continued to give proof of the high estimation in which he held her.†
Chpt 20estimation = a judgment, rough calculation or guess of qualities or a value
- This striking argument gave the Doctor a sudden sense of having underestimated his daughter; it seemed even more than worthy of a young woman who had revealed the quality of unaggressive obstinacy.†
Chpt 22underestimated = calculated or judged too low
Definition:
rough calculation or judgment