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ESTIMATIVE

Definitions: ESTIMATIVE

ESTIMATIVE

Adjective

1. Pertaining to an estimate.

2. Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Estimative \Es"ti*ma*tive\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression estimatif.]. (Websters 1913)

 

Specialty Definitions: ESTIMATIVE

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Mathematics

This usage has departed completely from the standard interpretation of "capable of being esteemed". What word should have been used for the concept of "capable of being estimated in a particular sense" is a matter of debate; one suggestion is "estimative" Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ESTIMATIVE

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Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ESTIMATIVE

Language Translations for "ESTIMATIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

оценителен (estimatory, valuation). (various references)

   

Danish

  

estimerbar (estimable). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schatbaar (estimable). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

estimoituva (estimable). (various references)

   

German

  

schätzenswerter. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκτιμήσιμος (estimable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

becslő (appraising). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stimabile (appreciable, estimable). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estimativeay

   

Portuguese

  

estimável (estimable, likable), que pode ser estimado (estimable). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estimable (appreciable, estimable, reputable). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

estimerbar (estimable), skattningsbar (estimable). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

để đánh giá; để ước lượng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: ESTIMATIVE

Misspellings

"ESTIMATIVE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: destigmatise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "ESTIMATIVE"

Words rhyming with "ESTIMATIVE" (pronounced 'Es"ti*ma*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ESTIMATIVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-i-m-s-t-t-v"

-2 letters: estimate, estivate, imitates, meatiest, teatimes, vitiates.

-3 letters: amities, etatism, imitate, itemise, metates, mitiest, stative, teatime, vitiate.

-4 letters: estate, evites, mattes, mavies, metate, misate, miseat, samite, tamest, testae, vittae.

-5 letters: amies, eaves, emits, evite, items, ivies, maist, mates, matte, matts, mavie, mavis, meats, meets, metes, metis, mites, mitis, mitts, satem, setae, sieve, smite, state, stave.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-i-m-s-t-t-v"
 

+3 letters: imitativeness.

 

+4 letters: determinatives, meditativeness, overestimating, overestimation, overmaturities.

 

+5 letters: imitativenesses, overestimations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ESTIMATIVE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 53 54 49 4D 41 54 49 56 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#77 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0053 0054 0049 004D 0041 0054 0049 0056 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39535443473554435639

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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