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