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Overestimation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Overestimation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 overestimation overestimation &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 exaggeration exaggeration &c. 549 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity &c. 880 Sgm: N 1 optimism optimism pessimism … English dictionary for students
overestimate — I verb adulate, aggrandize, attach too much importance to, enlarge, estimate too highly, exaggerate, exalt, exceed, expand, extol, flatter, glorify, inflate, magnify, make too much of, maximize, misestimate, misjudge, misrepresent, overassess,… … Law dictionary
o|ver|rate — «OH vuh RAYT», transitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. 1. to rate or estimate too highly: »He overrated his strength and soon had to ask for help. His fortune has been greatly overrated. SYNONYM(S): overvalue, overestimate. 2. Bri … Useful english dictionary
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Overestimate — O ver*es ti*mate, v. t. 1. To estimate too highly. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To overvalue. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
overrate — transitive verb Date: 1610 to rate, value, or estimate too highly < overrates his importance to the team > … New Collegiate Dictionary
overrate — [ō΄vər rāt′] vt. overrated, overrating to rate, assess, or estimate too highly … English World dictionary
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