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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesestimativa conservadora
Pronunciation / Transliteration: es.tʃi.maˈtʃi.vɐ kɔ̃.seʁ.vaˈdo.ɾɐ
"Esta é uma estimativa conservadora do lucro."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A calculation or valuation that is purposely kept low or restrained to avoid exaggeration and minimize the risk of overestimating.
"Even on a conservative estimate, the project will save the company twenty thousand dollars." - 2
An assessment based on cautious assumptions that is likely to be lower than the actual outcome.
"The attendance was put at five hundred, which we knew was a conservative estimate."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'conservative', derived from the Latin conservare (to keep, guard, or preserve) via Middle French, and 'estimate', originating from the Latin aestimare (to value or appraise). Historically, it evolved in financial and scientific contexts to denote a calculation purposely kept low or safe to account for potential risks and uncertainties.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Conservative estimate" is said worldwide
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estimation prudente
Transliteration: ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃ pʁy.dɑ̃t
"C'est une estimation prudente des coûts totaux."
vorsichtige Schätzung
Transliteration: ˈfoːɐ̯zɪçtɪɡə ˈʃɛtsʊŋ
"Das ist eine vorsichtige Schätzung der Ausgaben."
stima prudenziale
Transliteration: ˈsti.ma pru.denˈtʃa.le
"Questa è una stima prudenziale dei guadagni."
estimación prudente
Transliteration: es.ti.maˈsjon pɾuˈðen.te
"Es una estimación prudente para el presupuesto."
estimativa conservadora
Transliteration: es.tʃi.maˈtʃi.vɐ kɔ̃.seʁ.vaˈdo.ɾɐ
"Esta é uma estimativa conservadora do lucro."
रूढ़िवादी अनुमान
Transliteration: rurhivadi anuman
"यह लागत का एक रूढ़िवादी अनुमान है।"
保守估计
Transliteration: bǎoshǒu gūjì
"这是一个相当保守的估计。"
보수적 추정
Transliteration: bosujeok chujeong
"그것은 비용에 대한 보수적 추정이다."
控えめな見積もり
Transliteration: hikaemena mitsumori
"それは控えめな見積もりに基づいています。"
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