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Definition of overestimate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

overestimate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˌoʊvərˌɛstəˈmeɪʃn//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they overestimate
 
he / she / it overestimates
 
past simple overestimated
 
-ing form overestimating
 
 
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overestimate something to estimate something to be larger, better, more important, etc. than it really is They overestimated his ability when they promoted him. The importance of these findings cannot be overestimated (= is very great). opposite underestimate AWL Collocationsestimateestimate verb
  • accurately, correctly, reliably
  • conservatively
  • roughly
  • empirically, quantitatively
  • separately
These models were estimated separately for the 2000, 2004, and 2007 data sets.
  • difficult to
  • possible to
  • impossible to
Population figures are difficult to estimate, with figures ranging from 10 to 16 million.
  • distance, size
  • frequency, rate
  • likelihood, probability
  • abundance, prevalence
  • variance
Measuring risk means estimating the probability of an occurrence as a result of a specific event.overestimate verb
  • greatly, grossly
  • consistently
  • systematically
Forecasters tended to systematically overestimate inflation.
  • tend to
People tend to overestimate their activity levels, so Wyatt asked participants in the study to wear pedometers.underestimate verb
  • grossly
  • systematically
  • likely
These statistics grossly underestimate the number of unemployed.estimated adjective
  • probability
  • percent
  • prevalence
  • variance
  • cost
Table 2 reports the estimated prevalence of work-related asthma.estimate noun
  • accurate, precise, reliable
  • reasonable
  • unbiased
  • biased
  • conservative
  • rough
Sufficient information exists to support reasonable estimates of life expectancy.
  • calculate, compute
  • derive
  • obtain
  • revise
Estimates are calculated using the method of maximum likelihood.
  • be based on
Most available demographic estimates are based on one or two years of data.
  • differ, range, vary
  • indicate, suggest
Estimates of the number of species range between 3.6 million and 100 million.
  • according to
Bangladesh is approximately the size of Wisconsin, yet it has a population of more than 130 million, according to a 1996 estimate.
overestimation noun [uncountable, countable]
 
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