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overestimate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English estimate English overestimate From over- + estimate.

Meanings

1. An estimate that is too high.
   • The department pointed to a study it conducted in 2017 that found that, in some states, overestimates of utility costs were giving some people too many food stamps, while in others, people were getting too few. 2019 April 10, Lola Fadulu, “Trump Administration Unveils More Cuts to Food Stamp Program”, in The New York Times:
   • The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent. 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies:

Forms

Translations (3)

fr surestimation (an estimate that is too high) · ru переоце́нка (an estimate that is too high) · be пераацэнка (an estimate that is too high)

overestimate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English estimate English overestimate From over- + estimate.

Meanings

1. To judge or calculate too highly.
   • One must be especially careful when using Google to determine frequency as there is a very real risk of fantastically overestimating the frequency and subsequent importance of a term. 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 15:
   • Nevertheless, the role played by vertical transport (in particular, by biosedimentation) in self-purification of seas and oceans from chlorinated hydrocarbons must not be overestimated. 2016, S.A. Patin, Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans, →ISBN, page 48:
   • I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

Forms

Antonyms

underestimate · underrate · underestimate · underestimate · understate · underjudge · underguess · underapproximate · sell short · misunderestimate · underreckon

Deriveds

overestimator · overguesstimate

Hypernyms

miscalculate · misjudge · estimate · misestimate

Hyponyms

overvalue · overstage · overplay

Synonyms

overthink · overapproximate · overstate · overrate · overestimate · overhold · overapproximate · overstate · overreckon

Translations (42)

cmn 高估 (to judge too highly) · pt sobre-estimar (to judge too highly) · be пераацані́ць (to judge too highly) · uk переоці́нювати (to judge too highly) · el υπερεκτιμώ (to judge too highly) · pl przeceniać (to judge too highly) · de überschätzen (to judge too highly) · hu túlbecsül (to judge too highly) · ja 買い被る (to judge too highly) · bg надценявам (to judge too highly) · nb overvurdere (to judge too highly) · ru переоцени́ть (to judge too highly) · cmn 估計過高 /估计过高 (to judge too highly) · tr gözünde büyütmek (to judge too highly) · uk переоціни́ти (to judge too highly) · pl zawyżać (to judge too highly) · id pandang tinggi (to judge too highly) · hu túlértékel (to judge too highly) · fr surestimer (to judge too highly) · es sobrestimar (to judge too highly) · nn overvurdere (to judge too highly) · id melebih-lebihkan (to judge too highly) · es sobreestimar (to judge too highly) · ca sobreestimar (to judge too highly) · hy գերագնահատել (to judge too highly) · sv överskatta (to judge too highly) · pt sobrestimar (to judge too highly) · it sopravvalutare (to judge too highly) · ja 過大評価する (to judge too highly) · cs přecenit (to judge too highly) · be пераацэ́ньваць (to judge too highly) · gl sobreestimar (to judge too highly) · yue 高估 (to judge too highly) · fi yliarvioida (to judge too highly) · pl zawyżyć (to judge too highly) · nl overschatten (to judge too highly) · it sovrastimare (to judge too highly) · te ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు (to judge too highly) · mk прецени (to judge too highly) · da overvurdere (to judge too highly) · ru переоце́нивать (to judge too highly) · pt superestimar (to judge too highly)