"overestimation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overestimations [plural]
Etymology: From over- + estimation. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|estimation}} over- + estimation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overestimation (countable and uncountable, plural overestimations)
  1. (uncountable) The act of overestimating. Tags: uncountable Hypernyms: misestimation
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  2. (countable) An overestimate. Tags: countable Hypernyms: misestimation, misestimate#Noun
    Sense id: en-overestimation-en-noun-Dhhe3aaw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: overpricing, overvaluation Translations (Translations): գերագնահատում (geragnahatum) (Armenian), overschatting [feminine] (Dutch), yliarviointi (Finnish), yliarvio (Finnish), surestimation [feminine] (French), survalorisation [feminine] (French), υπερεκτίμηση (yperektímisi) [feminine] (Greek), 過大評価 (kadai-hyōka) (alt: かだいひょうか) (Japanese), przeszacowanie [neuter] (Polish), överskattning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 51 49

Inflected forms

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