| VERB | cognition | overestimate, overrate | make too high an estimate of |
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| cognition | overestimate, overvalue | assign too high a value to | |
| NOUN | communication | overestimate, overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal | an appraisal that is too high |
| cognition | overestimate, overestimation, overrating, overreckoning | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high |
| Sounds | ow.vereh'stahmey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | An appraisal that is too high. | |
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| Synonyms | overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal | |
| Broader | appraisal, estimate, estimation | A document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) |
| Spanish | sobretasación, sobrevaloración | |
| Verbs | overestimate | make too high an estimate of |
| overestimate | assign too high a value to | |
| Meaning | A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high. | |
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| Synonyms | overestimation, overrating, overreckoning | |
| Broader | estimate, estimation, approximation, idea | An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth |
| Spanish | sobreestimación | |
| Verbs | overestimate | assign too high a value to |
| Meaning | make too high an estimate of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He overestimated his own powers" | |
| Synonym | overrate | |
| Narrower | overcapitalize, overcapitalise | overestimate the market value of |
| Broader | misjudge | judge / judge incorrectly |
| See also | estimate | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) |
| Opposite | underestimate, underrate | make too low an estimate of |
| Spanish | sobreestimar, sobrestimar | |
| Catalan | sobreestimar | |
| Nouns | overestimate, overestimation | an appraisal that is too high |
| overestimation | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high | |
| Meaning | Assign too high a value to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | overvalue | |
| Broader | value | Fix or determine the value of |
| Opposite | undervalue, underestimate | Assign too low a value to |
| Spanish | sobreestimar, sobrevalorar | |
| Catalan | sobrevalorar | |
| Nouns | overestimate | a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high |
| overestimate, overestimation | an appraisal that is too high | |
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