Both Uses
estimate
in
The Great Fire
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- He had underestimated the powder needed to level the structures and managed only to blow out windows and an occasional wall (which opened the buildings up to the fire).†
p. 67.4underestimated = calculated or judged too low
- In all only 120 bodies would be recovered, though officials estimated that nearly 300 people perished in the flames.†
p. 112.3 *estimated = roughly calculated or guessed (based on incomplete information) a value, quantity, or extent of something
Definitions:
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(1)
(estimate) rough calculation or judgment
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)