MISESTIMATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they misestimate ... he / she / it misestimates

Past simple: misestimated

Past participle: misestimated

-ing form: misestimating

Meaning:

Calculate incorrectly

Example:

I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "misestimate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

misestimation (a mistake in calculating)

Meaning:

Judge incorrectly

Example:

I had misestimated his determination

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "misestimate" is one way to...):

misjudge (judge incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something