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TOPIK 6verb

추정하다

chujeonghada

추정해요 · 추정했어요 · 추정할 거예요 · 추정하세요

to presume, to estimate, to infer

Example

경찰은 사고 원인을 운전자의 부주의로 추정하고 있습니다.

Police presume the cause of the accident was driver carelessness.

Word parts

추 infer정 settle

Literally 'infer and settle on'.

Good to know

추산 is for numbers; 추정 covers any inference — causes, ages, identities.