noun
- an estimate made with little information or without careful calculation; an educated guess
Usage: informal; blend of 'guess' and 'estimate'
verb
- to make an estimate based on incomplete information or intuition rather than precise data
Usage: informal
Examples
- I can only guestimate how many people attended the concert.
- My guestimate for the project cost is around $5,000, but we'll need a formal quote.
- Without the exact data, I had to guestimate the number of attendees.
- The contractor gave us a guestimate before conducting a full inspection.
- Let me guestimate—I'd say there are about 200 people in the room.
- Her guestimate turned out to be surprisingly close to the actual figure.