different between estimate vs consider

English

Alternative forms

• æstimate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimatus, past participle of aestim?, older form aestumo (“to value, rate, esteem”); from Old Latin *ais-temos (“one who cuts copper”), meaning one in the Roman Republic who mints money. See also the doublet esteem, as well as aim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??st?m?t/ (noun)
• IPA^(key): /??st??me??t/ (verb)

Noun

estimate (plural estimates)

1. A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
2. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.
3. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.

Synonyms

• estimation
• appraisal

Derived terms

• ballpark estimate

Translations

Verb

estimate (third-person singular simple present estimates, present participle estimating, simple past and past participle estimated)

1. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
2. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

Synonyms

• appraise
• assessment

Derived terms

• estimable
• underestimate
• overestimate
• estimation

Translations

Further reading

• estimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “estimate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• estimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• etatisme, meatiest, seat time, tea-times, teatimes, étatisme

Italian

Verb

estimate

1. second-person plural present indicative of estimare
2. second-person plural imperative of estimare
3. feminine plural of estimato

English

Alternative forms

• considre (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English consideren, from Middle French considerer, from Latin considerare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?d?/, [k?n?s???]
• Rhymes: -?d?(?)

Verb

consider (third-person singular simple present considers, present participle considering, simple past and past participle considered)

1. (transitive) To think about seriously.

   Synonyms: bethink, (on) reflect
2. (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
3. (transitive) To think of doing.

   Synonyms: think of, bethink

4. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.

   Synonyms: deem, regard, think of; see also Thesaurus:deem

   • 1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton

     Considered as plays, his works are absurd.
5. (transitive) To look at attentively.

   Synonyms: regard, observe; see also Thesaurus:pay attention
6. (transitive) To take up as an example.
7. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.

   Synonyms: deliberate, bethink

8. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

   Synonym: take into account

   • February 21, 1679, William Temple, letter to the Lord Treasurer

     England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad.

Usage notes

• In sense 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• considre, decorins

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kon?sider]

Verb

consider

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of considera