Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of estimate
"The contractor estimated that the renovation would take six months, but delays pushed it to a year."
In plain English: To estimate means to make a guess about how much something costs or how long it will take.
"Experts estimated that the storm would reach the coast by noon."
Usage: Use "estimated" to describe an action where you formed a judgment about something's value or quantity without exact knowledge, such as saying you estimated the cost before buying. It functions as the simple past tense for actions completed in the past or as a past participle when paired with auxiliary verbs like "has" or "had.
Derived from the Latin aestimatus, the past participle of aestimare meaning "to value" or "appraise." It entered English via Old French to denote something calculated as an approximate amount.