ESTIMATE  推測

TRY to ASSESS, BELIEVING that one's ASSESSMENTS are PROBABLY ONLY NEARLY:approximately TRUE.TRY to ASSESS SOMETHING ONE BELIEVES IS DOUBTFUL IN DETAIL.
CALCULATE ROUGHLYAPPROXIMATEGUESSEVALUATEJUDGEGAUGERECKONRATEDETERMINEINFORMAL GUESSTIMATEBALLPARK
Hypernym
  • ASSESSTHINK so as to TRY to OR ACHIEVE to FIX the VALUE OR SIZE of something.
    • THINKACT USING ONLY the MIND.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION....
See also
  • CALCULATEASSESS PRECISELY a QUANTITY USING NUMBERS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The general word for making an approximate extimate or guess is chuǎi 揣.

    2. Cè 測 can be a well-founded assessment in some contexts, but the word has a well-established lexicalised function where it means generally "to guess".

    3. Yì 意 is the subjective and arbitrary formation of an opinion, and the word has a somewhat "philosophical" flavour.

    4. Shè 射 is guessing as part of a game of guessing and cannot be used for "to guess" in any other contexts.

    5. Cǔn 忖 is a poetic word for assessing or estimating something that is not verifiable.

    6. Duó 度 refers to a subjective assessment or estimation of something.

    7. Kuí 揆 emphasises the conjectural element in guessing or estimating something.

    8. Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    推測

    揣測

    忖度

    揣度

    推度

    測度

    推想

    想來

    推見

    推求

    推斷

    推論

    裁度

    度

    想

    揆

    貲

    貲計

    揆度

    揆情度理

    以己度人

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Attributions by syntactic funtion

      • vtoN : 21
      • vi : 9
      • nab : 3
      • vt[oN] : 2
      • vt(oN) : 1

      Attributions by text

      • 韓非子 : 17
      • 論語 : 4
      • 論衡 : 3
      • 荀子 : 2
      • 文選 : 1
      • 說苑 : 1
      • 春秋左傳 : 1
      • 漢書 : 1
      • 淮南子 : 1
      • 孫子 : 1
      • 尚書 : 1
      • 呂氏春秋 : 1
      • 管子 : 1
      • 法言 : 1

      Words

      意  yì OC: qɯɡs MC: ʔɨ
      憶  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 7 AttributionsWD

      Yì 意 is the subjective and arbitrary formation of an opinion, and the word has a somewhat "philosophical" flavour.

        Syntactic words
      • nabactguesswork, guessing; subjective opinion
      • viactmake an estimate; make guesses about things
      • vt(oN)make guesses without proper foundation about something contextually determinate
      • vtoNimagine wildly, guess, jump to arbitrary conclusions about
      揣  chuǎi OC: sthrolʔ MC: ʈʂhiɛ 6 AttributionsWD

      The general word for making an approximate extimate or guess is chuǎi 揣.

        Syntactic words
      • nabactestimating correctly
      • vtoNassess approximately (the height of something), estimate with reasonable success
      • vtoNguessguess at (the future, or somebody's thoughts)
      度  duó OC: ɡ-laaɡ MC: dɑk 5 AttributionsWD

      Duó 度 refers to a subjective assessment or estimation of something. xxx

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNto estimate; assess objectively the extent of
      • vtoNpassivebe estimated, predictedLZ
      揆  kuí OC: ɡʷilʔ MC: gi 5 AttributionsWD

      Kuí 揆 emphasises the conjectural element in guessing or estimating something.

        Syntactic words
      • nthe making of political assessments
      • viactmake assessments
      • vtoNconjecture, assess by conjecture
      億  yì OC: qɯɡ MC: ʔɨk 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • viactguess
      • vtoNpassivepredict by guessing
      虞  yú OC: ŋʷa MC: ŋi̯o 3 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • vt[oN]estimate and assess the situation
      • vtoNpredict, estimate
      中  zhōng OC: krluŋ MC: ʈuŋ 2 AttributionsWD

      Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.

        Syntactic words
      • viactguess right, estimate right
      • vtoNpredict correctly
      準  zhǔn OC: kljunʔ MC: tɕʷin 2 AttributionsWD

      Zhòng 中 and zhǔn 准 refer to getting things right when estimating or guessing.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNpassivebe guessed at precisely
      • vtoNperfectivepredict precisely, guess precisely HN 准上意 "guess the ruler's thoughts"
      射  shè OC: ɢljaɡs MC: ʑɣɛ 1 AttributionWD

      Shè 射 is guessing as part of a game of guessing and cannot be used for "to guess" in any other contexts.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNHS 65.4 guess at
      逆  nì OC: ŋɡlaɡ MC: ŋɣɛk 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNbe able to anticipate and know beforehand
      推  tuī MC: thwoj OC: kh-luulLZ 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNinfer, estimate NLZ
      忖  cǔn OC: tshuunʔ MC: tshuo̝n 0 AttributionsWD

      Cǔn 忖 is a poetic word for assessing or estimating something that is not verifiable.

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNto estimate (the size of something, then by extension: someone else's thoughts)
      測  cè OC: skhrɯɡ MC: ʈʂhɨk 0 AttributionsWD

      Cè 測can be a well-founded assessment in some contexts, but the word has a well-established lexicalised function where it means generally "to guess".

        Syntactic words
      • vtoNguess
      忖度  cǔn duó OC: tshuunʔ ɡ-laaɡ MC: tshuo̝n dɑk 0 AttributionsWD
        Syntactic words
      • VPtoNguess at (other people's thoughts etc)

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