| miscalculate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. miscalculate, misestimate | judge incorrectly.; "I had misestimated his determination" |
| ~ misjudge | judge incorrectly. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. miscalculate, misestimate | calculate incorrectly.; "I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding" |
| ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. |
| ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. |
| estimation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. appraisal, estimate, estimation | a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation). |
| ~ commercial document, commercial instrument | a document of or relating to commerce. |
| ~ overappraisal, overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation | an appraisal that is too high. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. estimate, estimation | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| ~ esteem, respect, regard | an attitude of admiration or esteem.; "she lost all respect for him" |
| ~ reputation, report | the general estimation that the public has for a person.; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. approximation, estimate, estimation, idea | an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth.; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" |
| ~ scalage | estimation of the amount of lumber in a log. |
| ~ figuring, reckoning, calculation, computation | problem solving that involves numbers or quantities. |
| ~ credit rating, credit | an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments. |
| ~ dead reckoning, guessing, guesswork, guess, shot | an estimate based on little or no information. |
| ~ guesstimate, guestimate | an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing. |
| ~ overrating, overreckoning, overestimate, overestimation | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high. |
| ~ underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning | an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value. |
| n. (act) | 4. estimate, estimation | a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody.; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" |
| ~ judgment, assessment, judgement | the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event.; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" |
| ~ appraisal | an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something. |
| ~ capitalisation, capitalization | an estimation of the value of a business. |
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