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overestimate

🇬🇧 UK/.әuvәr'estimeit/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLB2

Definitions

v.

To judge or calculate the value, size, or importance of something as higher than it really is.

高估,过高评价

n.

An estimate that is too high.

过高的估计

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
overexcessively, above
+
estto be, to exist
+
imconnector
+
ateto make, having
=overestimate

Common Collocations

  • 1.overestimate the value高估价值

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    We should be careful not to overestimate the value of short-term investments.

  • 2.

    He tends to overestimate his abilities which sometimes leads to disappointment.

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