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make vs. do estimation #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:06 am   make vs. do estimation
 

Hi, everybody !

Could you tell me what collocation is possible: to make estimation or to do estimation or what?

Thanks !
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make vs. do estimation #2 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:17 am   make vs. do estimation
 

We can 'make an estimation'.
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make vs. do estimation #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 14:11 pm   make vs. do estimation
 

Hi LS

make/do an estimation

My feeling is that both are possible and I wouldn't say one is better than or much more common than the other.

The meanings would be basically the same, but you might say there is a subtle difference as follows:
If you use 'make', the focus is more on the estimation itself.
If you use 'do' the focus is more on the work involved.
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make vs. do estimation #4 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 14:18 pm   make vs. do estimation
 

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The first thought I had is that the usual phrase is do/make an estimate-- but perhaps this is a different situation?
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make vs. do estimation #5 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 14:38 pm   make vs. do estimation
 

Hi, Amy and Conchita !
Thank you for your help !

Mister Micawber wrote:
... but perhaps this is a different situation?

Hi, Mister Micawber !

The situation is as follows:
I needed to prompt one of the employees of the company I work for, to estimate the time he would need to accomplish some task.
What would you advice me to use - do/make an estimation or estimate ?

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make vs. do estimation #6 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 16:44 pm   make vs. do estimation
 

Hi LS

I doubt that I'd use make or do at all. I'd probably ask him this:

Can you provide me with/give me an estimate?
How long do you estimate it will take?
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make vs. do estimation #7 (permalink) Mon Apr 16, 2007 23:03 pm   make vs. do estimation
 

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Yes, I like Amy's.
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make vs. do estimation #8 (permalink) Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:11 am   make vs. do estimation
 

Hi, we often use the phare "do/make/review an/the estimate" in the Software project management to guess/evaluate the size/total effort of every project.
You may refer to http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=26354&dict=CALD for definition of [estimate] and [estimation]. Hope it could help! Wink.
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