verb
- making an estimate based partly on guesswork; roughly calculating or approximating
Usage: informal; present participle of guesstimate
Examples
- I’m guesstimating that about fifty people will attend the party.
- The contractor is guesstimating the repair costs at around three thousand dollars.
- She’s guesstimating how long the project will take based on similar work.
- We’re guesstimating the crowd size since we can’t count everyone.
- The chef is guesstimating the cooking time for the large turkey.
- They’re guesstimating the distance to the next town without a map.