"overestimate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/, /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate2.wav Forms: overestimates [plural]
Etymology: From over- + estimate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|estimate}} over- + estimate Head templates: {{en-noun}} overestimate (plural overestimates)
  1. An estimate that is too high. Translations (an estimate that is too high): пераацэнка (pjeraacenka) [feminine] (Belarusian), переоце́нка (pereocénka) [feminine] (Russian)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/, /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate2.wav Forms: overestimates [present, singular, third-person], overestimating [participle, present], overestimated [participle, past], overestimated [past]
Etymology: From over- + estimate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|estimate}} over- + estimate Head templates: {{en-verb}} overestimate (third-person singular simple present overestimates, present participle overestimating, simple past and past participle overestimated)
  1. To judge or calculate too highly. Translations (to judge too highly): գերագնահատել (geragnahatel) (Armenian), пераацэ́ньваць (pjeraacénʹvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), пераацані́ць (pjeraacanícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), надценявам (nadcenjavam) (Bulgarian), sobreestimar (Catalan), 高估 (gou¹ gu²) (Chinese Cantonese), 高估 (gāogū) (Chinese Mandarin), 估計過高 (Chinese Mandarin), 估计过高 (gūjì guògāo) (Chinese Mandarin), přecenit (Czech), overvurdere (Danish), overschatten (Dutch), yliarvioida (Finnish), surestimer (French), sobreestimar (Galician), überschätzen (German), υπερεκτιμώ (yperektimó) (Greek), túlbecsül (Hungarian), túlértékel (Hungarian), sopravvalutare (Italian), sovrastimare (Italian), 過大評価する (kadaihyōka suru) (Japanese), 買い被る (kaikaburu) (Japanese), overvurdere (Norwegian Bokmål), overvurdere (Norwegian Nynorsk), zawyżać [imperfective] (Polish), zawyżyć [perfective] (Polish), przeceniać (Polish), superestimar (Portuguese), sobrestimar (Portuguese), sobre-estimar (Portuguese), переоце́нивать (pereocénivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), переоцени́ть (pereocenítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sobrestimar (Spanish), sobreestimar (Spanish), överskatta (Swedish), ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు (ekkuva añcanā vēyu) (Telugu), gözünde büyütmek (Turkish), переоціни́ти (pereocinýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), переоці́нювати (pereocínjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-overestimate-en-verb-RwBk0dV3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "գերագնահատել"
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobreestimar"
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gou¹ gu²",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "高估"
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "估計過高"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "gūjì guògāo",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "估计过高"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "přecenit"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overvurdere"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overschatten"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "yliarvioida"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "surestimer"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobreestimar"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "überschätzen"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperektimó",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "υπερεκτιμώ"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "túlbecsül"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "túlértékel"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sopravvalutare"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sovrastimare"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kadaihyōka suru",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "過大評価する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaikaburu",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "買い被る"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overvurdere"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "przeceniać"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "superestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobrestimar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "pereocénivatʹ",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переоце́нивать"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переоцени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobrestimar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobreestimar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "överskatta"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ekkuva añcanā vēyu",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "gözünde büyütmek"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereocinýty",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переоціни́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereocínjuvaty",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переоці́нювати"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
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      "sense": "an estimate that is too high",
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      "code": "ru",
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