1 verb calculate roughly TRANSITIVEmeas verb c m uto estimate the cost of sthcostas ruda a mheas, meastachán a dhéanamh ar chostas rudathey estimate a delay of an hourmeasann siad go mbeidh moill uaire annreports estimate that 200 people were killedmeastar sna tuairiscí gur maraíodh 200 duinethe figure is estimated to be over 2,500meastar gur figiúr níos mó ná 2,500 atá i gceistthe total cost is estimated at 2 millionmeastar gur 2 mhilliún ar fad an costasit's too early to estimate how long it'll taketá sé róluath chun meastachán a dhéanamh ar cá fhad a thógfaidh sé2 noun rough calculationmeastachán masc1 c m uinitial estimates show an increase of 25%tá méadú 25% ann de réir na meastachán tosaighit's only a rough estimate of their valueníl ann ach meastachán garbh ar a luachthere are a thousand of them at a conservative estimatetá míle acu ann ar an gceann caol de, tá míle acu ann ar a laghad