overestimate

Words with a similar base: overestimate

'overestimate'

[overestimate.n.01] as in: an appraisal that is too high

'overestimate'

[overestimate.n.02] as in: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

'overestimate'

[overestimate.v.01] as in: make too high an estimate of

Examples:
He overestimated his own powers

'overestimate'

[overvalue.v.01] as in: assign too high a value to

Examples:
You are overestimating the value of your old car

Origins

					overestimate (English)
├── estimate (English)
│   └── aestimatus (Latin)
└── over- (English)
    └── over- (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── ofer- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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