different between estimate vs prospectus

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

Etymology

From French prospectus (“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??s?p?kt?s/

Noun

prospectus (plural prospectuses or prospectus)

1. A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.
2. A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
3. A booklet or other document giving details of a share offer for the benefit of investors.

Translations

References

• “prospectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

French

Etymology

Latin prospectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??s.p?k.ty/ (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

prospectus m (plural prospectus)

1. prospectus, leaflet
   • 1923, Marcel Proust, À la recherche du temps perdu, Volume 6 (La Prisonnière), Chapter 1

     ...Bergotte ne fit plus venir de médecin et essaya avec succès, mais avec excès, de différents narcotiques, lisant avec confiance le prospectus accompagnant chacun d'eux, prospectus qui proclamait la nécessité du sommeil mais insinuait que tous les produits qui l'amènent (sauf celui contenu dans le flacon qu'il enveloppait et qui ne produisait jamais d'intoxication) étaient toxiques et par là rendaient le remède pire que le mal.

     ...Bergotte no longer sent for a doctor, and tried successfully, but excessively, different narcotics, reading with confidence the prospectus which accompanied each one; a prospectus which proclaimed the need for sleep, but hinted that all the preparations which induce it (except the one contained in the bottle, which never produced intoxication) were toxic, and thus made the remedy worse than the disease.

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pr?spici?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pros?pek.tus/, [p??s??p?kt??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pros?pek.tus/, [p??s?p?kt?us]

Noun

prospectus m (genitive prospect?s); fourth declension

1. view, sight, prospect
   • Caes. G. 2, 22:

     in prospectu esse

   • 78, Plinius, Naturalis Historia, XIX, 59

     iam in fenestris suis plebs urbana imagine hortorum cotidiana oculis rura praebebant, antequam praefigi prospectus omnes coegit multitudinis innumerae saeva latrocinatio.

2. panorama
   • 2015, Francisci, Laudato si' §85:

     Ex amplissimis prospectibus ad minimam vitae formam, natura mirationem reverentiamque indesinenter concitat

     From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Related terms

• prospicio

Descendants

• ? Catalan: prospecte
• ? English: prospect
• ? French: prospectus
  • ? English: prospectus
• ? German: Prospekt
  • ? Macedonian: ???????? (prospekt)
  • ? Russian: ????????? (prospékt)
    • ? Armenian: ???????? (prospekt)
    • ? Azerbaijani: prospekt
  • ? Serbo-Croatian: ?????????, pròspekt
• ? Norwegian: prospekt
• ? Spanish: prospecto

Participle

pr?spectus (feminine pr?specta, neuter pr?spectum); first/second-declension participle

1. watched or looked (out)
2. discerned
3. foreseen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

• prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prospectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• prospectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.