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Overestimate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To estimate too highly.

v. To esteem too greatly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to judge too highly

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To estimate too highly.

v. To overvalue.

n. An estimate that is too high.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An estimate that is too high; an overvaluation.

To estimate too highly; overvalue.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an appraisal that is too high

v. make too high an estimate of

n. a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

v. assign too high a value to

Word Usage

"Part of the overestimate was a failure to anticipate a large number of motorists who renewed plates and driver licenses early to beat the fee increases."

Antonym

underestimate

Verb Form

overestimated overestimates overestimating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

estimation appraisal estimate idea approximation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

overvalue

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

estimate underestimate