Hi, everybody !
Could you tell me what collocation is possible: to make estimation or to do estimation or what?
Thanks !
We can ‘make an 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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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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Hi, Amy and Conchita !
Thank you for your help !
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 ?
Thanks !
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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Yes, I like Amy’s.
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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 dictionary.cambridge.org/def … &dict=CALD for definition of [estimate] and [estimation]. Hope it could help! ;-).
Sunflower babe! 