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Definition of Overestimate

1. Verb. Make too high an estimate of. "He overestimated his own powers"

2. Noun. An appraisal that is too high.

3. Verb. Assign too high a value to. "You are overestimating the value of your old car"

4. Noun. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.

Definition of Overestimate

1. v. t. To estimate too highly; to overvalue.

2. n. An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.

Definition of Overestimate

1. Verb. to judge too highly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overestimate

1. [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overestimate

overenrolled overentertained overenthusiasm overenthusiasms overenthusiastic overenthusiastically overenunciate overenunciated overenunciates overenunciating

overequip overequipped overequipping overeruption overest overestimate overestimated overestimates overestimating overestimation

overestimations overestimator overestimators overevaluation overevaluations overexaggerate overexaggerated overexaggerates overexaggerating overexamined

Literary usage of Overestimate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1897)
"THE MODERN Overestimate OF PAUL'S RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY. ... In general we may say that this overestimate of the part played by Paul in the founding of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Through pride the Modernists overestimate themselves. . . . We are not like other men . . . they reject all submission to authority . . . they pose as ..."

3. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"I estimated three to five years would pass before we would begin to see the kind of turnaround and impacts that we are looking for. Guerrillas Overestimate ..."

4. The Natural Wealth of California: Comprising Early History; Geography by Titus Fey Cronise (1868)
"Rapid Exploration of the Placers—Overestimate of Earnings—Chances Still Good—Improved Conditions—Northwestern Counties—Character of Mines—Gold Beaches, etc. ..."

5. Report Upon New York's Water Supply: With Particular Reference to the Need by John Ripley Freeman (1900)
"There has been some tendency to overestimate the safe yield of the Ramapo river, both separately and in combination with the Mahwah. ..."

6. Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer by Gleason Leonard Archer (1910)
"The Lawyer should not Overestimate the Value of Services Rendered. SEC. 111. Actual or Implied Agreement as to Fees. SEC. 112. ..."

7. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"It is impossible to overestimate the influence of this translation upon the lives of the people and the language of every day. The study of the Bible became ..."

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