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Escalading
- verb - climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"
Escalating
- verb - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
Escalation
- noun - an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy; "higher wages caused an escalation of prices"; "there was a gradual escalation of hostilities"
Estimating
- verb - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
- judge to be probable
Estimation
- noun - a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
- a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"
- the respect with which a person is held; "they had a high estimation of his ability"
Estimative
- - Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.
Estivating
- verb - sleep during summer; "certain animals estivate"
Estivation
- noun - (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens
- (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period