current estimate

collocation in English

meaningsofcurrentandestimate

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current
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌr.ənt/us
/ˈkɝː.ənt/
of the ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk
/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us
/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofcurrentandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theircurrentestimatewas that the mass of the neutron should be increased slightly to 1.001 amu.
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We assume that the object level has acurrentestimateof the utility of each action.
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Thecurrentestimateof l was made under laboratory conditions and is likely to differ from l in the field.
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When a new range and bearing observation is received from the feature extraction process, the estimated position of the feature is computed using thecurrentestimateof vehicle position.
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Onecurrentestimateis that about 90 per cent of the world's biodiversity exists on the 70 per cent of land that is under some form of human management.
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Any algorithm computing some (not necessarily all) atoms that can be established as false given acurrentestimateto the well-founded can be used with it.
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Thecurrentestimateof the total cost of these schemes is £80 million.
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Thecurrentestimatefor 1983 official development assistance is £1,200 million.
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The accounts for that operation have yet to be finalised, but thecurrentestimateof the sum involved is approximately £2 million.
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It is by definition impossible to calculate the true extent of smuggling and there is nocurrentestimate.
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Thecurrentestimateof cost of construction and the fitting out is £36 million.
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Thecurrentestimateof the capital cost for the completed system is now about £12 million.
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Thecurrentestimateof the cost of extending legal aid to cover representation of claimants at social security commissioners' hearings is £300,000.
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Thecurrentestimateof fatalities has grown to almost 50 000 people.
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Thecurrentestimateis 75 million tons, but estimates are reviewed in the light of the results of the annual drilling programmes.
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Thecurrentestimateof the cost of building and equipping the hospital, including the associated staff accommodation and training school, is approximately £17·8 million.
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Thecurrentestimateof the cost of building and equipping the hospital, including the associated staff accommodation and training school, is approximately £18·3 million.
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Thecurrentestimateof the size of the total prison population—including the borstal and detention centre populations—by the end of 1979 is 41,500.
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Thecurrentestimate, as published in the summer economic forecast, is £4½ billion.
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Thecurrentestimatefor the cost in 1981–82 of unemployment benefit is £2,004 million.
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