All 10 Uses of
estimate
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- By one estimate, no athlete dropped less than ten pounds.†
p. 24.0estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- To the Americans' 52 military deaths, an estimated 1,153 Japanese had been killed.†
p. 53.0 *estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- The Japanese base had been gravely damaged—by one estimate, half of its personnel had been killed—and America had demonstrated the reach and power of its B-24s.†
p. 76.7estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Many doomed planes sent no distress call, and often, no one knew a plane was down until it missed its estimated time of arrival, which could be as long as sixteen hours after the crash.†
p. 86.5estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Historians estimate that the Japanese military murdered between 200,000 and 430,000 Chinese, including the 90,000 POWs, in what became known as the Rape of Nanking.†
p. 88.8estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- Estimating the bomber's cruising speed and range, they made rough calculations to arrive at how many hours the bomber could remain airborne after it left them, and thus how far they were from its base.†
p. 159.4estimating = roughly calculating or guessing (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- The Japanese had murdered an estimated quarter of a million civilians.†
p. 225.8estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
- An officer estimated that twenty men fainted each day.†
p. 266.1
- By the time the guards finally let them stop, the men were utterly exhausted; by 'Wade's estimate, over the course of the day, each basket bearer had carried well over four tons of coal.†
p. 282.7estimate = a rough calculation or guess of a value, quantity, or extent of something
- By Wade's estimate, each man had been punched in the face some 220 times.†
p. 290.7
Definition:
rough calculation or judgment