All 7 Uses of
estimate
in
The Fountainhead
- The crowd was there, thought Peter Keating, to see him graduate, and he tried to estimate the capacity of the hall.†
Chpt 1.2 *estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Well, I've always said that you underestimated me.†
Chpt 2.7underestimated = calculated or judged too low
- But he felt a tremendous respect for Ellsworth Toohey, because Toohey represented the exact opposite of his own life; Toohey had no concern whatever for worldly wealth; by the mere fact of this contrast, he considered Toohey the personification of virtue; what this estimate implied in regard to his own life never quite occurred to him.†
Chpt 2.10estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- "I overestimated you, Ellsworth," she said.†
Chpt 2.15overestimated = made a rough calculation or judgment that something would be greater or more extreme than it wasstandard prefix: The prefix "over-" in overestimated means excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like overconfident, overemphasize, and overstimulate.
- The estimates set by collectors and the matter of great signatures were of no concern to him.†
Chpt 3.1estimates = rough calculations or guesses of values, quantities, or extents
- At the present estimate, my personal fortune amounts to forty million dollars.†
Chpt 4.13estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Officials of Cortlandt, building inspectors, estimators took the stand to describe the building and the extent of the damage.†
Chpt 4.18
Definition:
rough calculation or judgment