an estimate, a guess value based on experience or theoretical knowledge

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Definition of an estimate, a guess value based on experience or theoretical knowledge in English English dictionary

educated guess

His educated guess was correct to within 2%, but then, he's been doing this for 10 years and knows what range of values to expect.

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an estimate, a guess val·ue based on ex·pe·ri·ence or the·o·ret·i·cal knowl·edge