noun
Meaning 1
A price that is less than the value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to sell a thing at an underrate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underrate
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N D ER0 R EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underapproximate, understate, misunderestimate, sell short, underestimate, underguess, underjudge, underrate, underreckon
Antonyms: overrate, overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overreckon, overstate, overthink
verb
Meaning 3
make too low an estimate of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he underestimated the work that went into the renovation
- Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: underestimate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misjudge
Narrower terms: sell short
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English rate English underrate From under- + rate.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: alihinta — price less than value
- Bulgarian: подценявам (podcenjavam) — to underestimate
- Chinese Mandarin: 低估 (dīgū) — to underestimate
- Finnish: aliarvioida — to underestimate
- French: sous-estimer — to underestimate
- German: unterschätzen — to underestimate
- Hungarian: alábecsül — to underestimate
- Japanese: 過小評価する (kashōhyōka suru) — to underestimate
- Lithuanian: nepakankamai įvertinti — to underestimate
- Russian: недооце́нивать (nedoocénivatʹ) — to underestimate
- Russian: недооцени́ть (nedoocenítʹ) — to underestimate
- Spanish: subestimar — to underestimate
- Swedish: underskatta — to underestimate