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What (who) is overestimate - definition
overestimate
PROCESS OF FINDING AN ESTIMATE, OR APPROXIMATION, WHICH IS A VALUE THAT IS USABLE FOR SOME PURPOSE EVEN IF INPUT DATA MAY BE INCOMPLETE, UNCERTAIN, OR UNSTABLE
Overestimate; Estimated; Estimating; Calculated guess; Estimate
v. a.
Overvalue, overprize, overrate, make too much of.
overestimate
PROCESS OF FINDING AN ESTIMATE, OR APPROXIMATION, WHICH IS A VALUE THAT IS USABLE FOR SOME PURPOSE EVEN IF INPUT DATA MAY BE INCOMPLETE, UNCERTAIN, OR UNSTABLE
Overestimate; Estimated; Estimating; Calculated guess; Estimate
(overestimated)
1.
If you say that someone overestimates something, you mean that they think it is greater in amount or importance than it really is.
With hindsight, he was overestimating their desire for peace.
? underestimate
VERB: V n, also V
•
Overestimate is also a noun.
Average earnings in the South East were about ?59,000, although that may be an overestimate.
N-COUNT
• overestimation
...excessive overestimation of one's own importance.
? underestimation
N-SING: also no det, usu N of n
2.
If you say that something cannot be overestimated, you are emphasizing that you think it is very important.
The importance of participating in the life of the country cannot be overestimated...
It is hard to overestimate the potential gains from this process.
VERB: with brd-neg, be V-ed, V n [emphasis]
3.
If you overestimate someone, you think that they have more of a skill or quality than they really have.
I think you overestimate me, Fred.
? underestimate
VERB: V n
Overestimate
PROCESS OF FINDING AN ESTIMATE, OR APPROXIMATION, WHICH IS A VALUE THAT IS USABLE FOR SOME PURPOSE EVEN IF INPUT DATA MAY BE INCOMPLETE, UNCERTAIN, OR UNSTABLE
Overestimate; Estimated; Estimating; Calculated guess; Estimate
·vt To estimate too highly; to Overvalue.
II. Overestimate ·noun An estimate that is too high; as, an overestimate of the vote.
Examples of use of overestimate
1. It‘s difficult to overestimate the power of the media.
2. But this should not prompt Tehran to overestimate its strength.
3. Their conclusion: Not only do e–mail senders overestimate their ability to communicate feelings, but e–mail recipients also overestimate their ability to correctly decode those feelings.
4. We should not overestimate the significance of this speech.
5. It‘s hard to overestimate his role in the school‘s existence," he added.