noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/
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/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An estimate that is too high.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To judge or calculate too highly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English estimate English overestimate From over- + estimate.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
пераацэнка
(pjeraacenka)
— an estimate that is too high
French:
surestimation
— an estimate that is too high
Russian:
переоце́нка
(pereocénka)
— an estimate that is too high
Armenian:
գերագնահատել
(geragnahatel)
— to judge too highly
Belarusian:
пераацэ́ньваць
(pjeraacénʹvacʹ)
— to judge too highly
Belarusian:
пераацані́ць
(pjeraacanícʹ)
— to judge too highly
Bulgarian:
надценявам
(nadcenjavam)
— to judge too highly
Catalan:
sobreestimar
— to judge too highly
Chinese Cantonese:
高估
(gou1 gu2)
— to judge too highly
Chinese Mandarin:
高估
(gāogū)
— to judge too highly
Chinese Mandarin:
估計過高 /估计过高
(gūjì guògāo)
— to judge too highly
Czech:
přecenit
— to judge too highly
Danish:
overvurdere
— to judge too highly
Dutch:
overschatten
— to judge too highly
Finnish:
yliarvioida
— to judge too highly
French:
surestimer
— to judge too highly
Galician:
sobreestimar
— to judge too highly
German:
überschätzen
— to judge too highly
Greek:
υπερεκτιμώ
(yperektimó)
— to judge too highly
Hungarian:
túlbecsül
— to judge too highly
Hungarian:
túlértékel
— to judge too highly
Indonesian:
melebih-lebihkan
— to judge too highly
Indonesian:
pandang tinggi
— to judge too highly
Italian:
sopravvalutare
— to judge too highly
Italian:
sovrastimare
— to judge too highly
Japanese:
過大評価する
(kadaihyōka suru)
— to judge too highly
Japanese:
買い被る
(kaikaburu)
— to judge too highly
Macedonian:
прецени
(preceni)
— to judge too highly
Norwegian Bokmål:
overvurdere
— to judge too highly
Norwegian Nynorsk:
overvurdere
— to judge too highly
Polish:
zawyżać
— to judge too highly
Polish:
zawyżyć
— to judge too highly
Polish:
przeceniać
— to judge too highly
Portuguese:
superestimar
— to judge too highly
Portuguese:
sobrestimar
— to judge too highly
Portuguese:
sobre-estimar
— to judge too highly
Russian:
переоце́нивать
(pereocénivatʹ)
— to judge too highly
Russian:
переоцени́ть
(pereocenítʹ)
— to judge too highly
Spanish:
sobrestimar
— to judge too highly
Spanish:
sobreestimar
— to judge too highly
Swedish:
överskatta
— to judge too highly
Telugu:
ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు
(ekkuva añcanā vēyu)
— to judge too highly
Turkish:
gözünde büyütmek
— to judge too highly
Ukrainian:
переоціни́ти
(pereocinýty)
— to judge too highly
Ukrainian:
переоці́нювати
(pereocínjuvaty)
— to judge too highly