OVERRATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they overrate ... he / she / it overrates

Past simple: overrated

Past participle: overrated

-ing form: overrating

Meaning:

Make too high an estimate of

Example:

He overestimated his own powers

Synonyms:

overestimate; overrate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

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

misjudge (judge incorrectly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overrate"):

overcapitalise; overcapitalize (overestimate the market value of)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

overrating (a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high)