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estimation
/ˌɛs.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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What does estimation mean?
noun
- The process of making an estimate.
- The amount, extent, position, size, or value reached in an estimate.
- Esteem or favourable regard.
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But if they have been consulted, and have happened to disapprove, opposition then becomes, in their estimation, an indispensable duty of self-love.
Ay, my good lord, I know the gentleman To be of worth and worthy estimation, And not without desert so well reputed.
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Without making any remark, Sergeant Cuff walked on, sinking lower and lower in his own estimation, to the back of the house.
The high estimation then placed upon the military character might be seen in the lofty port of each individual member of the company.
Up to this moment, his brain had always evaded the direct question of how he and the priest relatively stood in Celia's estimation.