early estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofearlyandestimate
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early
adjective
adverb
uk/ˈɜː.li/us/ˈɝː.li/
near the beginning of a period of time, or before the usual, expected, or ...
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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 ofearlyandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Anearlyestimateof the word's "familiarity" provides "the signal to the eye movement system that lexical access is imminent and that a saccade should be planned" (p. 133).
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Alas, thatearlyestimateof the dead has already been proved to be wrong.
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The chairmen of all the residuary bodies have recently been asked to provide anearlyestimateof the likely funds that may be available from the sale of land.
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Anearlyestimateof the following year's production was about 19 million bushels, of which 16.5 million was likely to be marketable.
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Anearlyestimateindicated that 95% of schools, homes, and churches sustained severe damage to complete destruction in the city, leaving 50,000 people homeless.
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An unofficial andearlyestimateof losses on the island was $30 million.
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Theearlyestimateof the costs for this link was $1.5 billion and the earliest environmental work would be completed by the end of 2013.
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Early estimates of maximum life expectancy, which yielded values in the 70s, have already been surpassed in low mortality populations.
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Anearlyestimateof 6:1 was revised to 12:1 and from recent studies and experimental trials carried out in developing nations it was revised again to 21:1.
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Anearlyestimateof property damage was $10,000,000.
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Early estimates claimed double-digit mortality rates; some historians assert it was 8 to 10 per cent.
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Anearlyestimateof the total value of the collection was in the $350400 million range, though values may have been less due to a flagging art market.
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When the operational strategy project was announced in 1982, very early estimates of the reduction in manpower amounted to approximately 25,000 posts.
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Early estimates of the probable effect of the package suggest lower profits for dairy farmers, although many uncertainties remain.
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Estimates vary; early estimates suggested 10,000 to 20,000, while recent research suggests up to 40,000.
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