Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for estimate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 2, TreelineThinking and knowing

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

guess

Same sentence, swapped: I guess this chicken to weigh three pounds.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for estimate as it is used in the sentence above.

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