overestimate
verb/ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/
/ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overestimate | /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt/ |
| he / she / it overestimates | /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪts/ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪts/ |
| past simple overestimated | /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle overestimated | /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form overestimating | /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/ |
- 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).
Extra Examples- The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits.
- We overestimated the cost by about 2 per cent.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- grossly
- …
- tend to
- be easy to
- be difficult to
- …
- by
- something cannot be overestimated
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