overestimate

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/

verb 1noun 1

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

considerably, greatly, grossly, seriously, vastly

consistently

Weather forecasters consistently overestimate how much rain will fall during the storm.

VERB + OVERESTIMATE

tend to

be easy to

People often find it easy to overestimate how much money they will need for their holiday.

be difficult to, be hard to

PREP

The team overestimated their chances of winning by a significant margin.

PHRASES

sth cannot be overestimated

The value of regular exercise for your health cannot be overestimated.

Definitions

verb

To judge or calculate too highly.

I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

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.

noun

An estimate that is too high.

The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

overestimation
overrating
overreckoning

noun — an appraisal that is too high

overestimation
overvaluation
overappraisal

verb — make too high an estimate of

overrate

verb — assign too high a value to

overvalue

Antonyms

underestimate
underrate
undervalue

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.

Wiktionary

You overestimate him.

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