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overestimate
o·ver·es·ti·mate [ vər éstə màyt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle o·ver·es·ti·mat·ed, present participle o·ver·es·ti·mat·ing, 3rd person present singular o·ver·es·ti·mates)
Definition:
 
1. give excessive merit or importance to: to judge somebody or something to be better, greater, or more important than he, she, or it actually is
2. calculate something too highly: to calculate the amount, value, or quantity of something at too high a level


noun  (plural o·ver·es·ti·mates)
Definition:
 
excessively high estimate: an estimate that is too high

o·ver·es·ti·ma·tion [ vər èstə máysh'n ] noun
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