hold someone in estimation Definition

estimate
verb estimated, estimating

1. To judge or calculate (size, amount or value, etc) roughly or without measuring.

Thesaurus: guess, rate, value, evaluate, count, calculate, compute, number, reckon, judge, figure, assess, outline, appraise.
2. To have or form an opinion (that ...); to think.

Thesaurus: surmise, consider, reckon, suspect, suppose, reason, judge.
3. To submit to a possible client a statement of (the likely cost) of carrying out a job.

noun

1. A rough assessment (of size, etc).

Thesaurus: reckoning, approximation, surmise, guess, guesstimate.
2. A calculation of the probable cost of a job.
3. Accounts laid before parliament, etc showing the probable expenditure for the year.

Form: the estimates

Derivative: estimation

Judgement; opinion.

The act of estimating.

Derivative: estimator
noun

Idiom: hold someone or something in estimation

To esteem them or it highly.

Etymology: 16c: from Latin aestimare, aestimatum to estimate the value of something.