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counterestimate

counterestimate noun: an estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.

Noun

counterestimate (plural counterestimates)

  1. An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.
    • Specialists in military history and logistics have forever questioned Herodotus's figures, agreeing that they are unacceptable and proposing countless counterestimates.2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos, page 216

Forms of counterestimate

pluralcounterestimates

Origin of counterestimate

From counter- + estimate.

Questions about counterestimate

What does counterestimate mean?
Counterestimate means an estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.
What part of speech is counterestimate?
Counterestimate is a noun.
What is the plural of counterestimate?
The plural of counterestimate is counterestimates.

Words near counterestimate in the dictionary

  1. counterespionage
  2. counteressay
  3. counteressays
  4. counterestablishment
  5. counterestablishments
  6. counterestimate
  7. counterestimates
  8. counterevent
  9. counterevents
  10. counterevidence
  11. counterevidences

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