"overestimate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/ [verb], /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overestimates [plural]
Etymology: 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)
    Sense id: en-overestimate-en-noun-DF-2j5w- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 48 52

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/ [verb], /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overestimate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overestimates [present, singular, third-person], overestimating [participle, present], overestimated [participle, past], overestimated [past]
Etymology: 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), 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-: 48 52

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      "word": "пераацані́ць"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nadcenjavam",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "надценявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobreestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gou¹ gu²",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "高估"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāogū",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "高估"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "估計過高"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gūjì guògāo",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "估计过高"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "přecenit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overvurdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overschatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "yliarvioida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "surestimer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobreestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "überschätzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperektimó",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "υπερεκτιμώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "túlbecsül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "túlértékel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sopravvalutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sovrastimare"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overvurdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "overvurdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawyżać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zawyżyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "przeceniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "superestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobrestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobre-estimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereocénivatʹ",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переоце́нивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereocenítʹ",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переоцени́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "sobrestimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "överskatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ekkuva añcanā vēyu",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "word": "gözünde büyütmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereocinýty",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переоціни́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereocínjuvaty",
      "sense": "to judge too highly",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переоці́нювати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overestimate"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "overestimates",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies",
          "text": "The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An estimate that is too high."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeraacenka",
      "sense": "an estimate that is too high",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пераацэнка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereocénka",
      "sense": "an estimate that is too high",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "переоце́нка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overestimate"
}

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