overestimate

English

Etymology

over- +‎ estimate

Verb

overestimate (third-person singular simple present overestimates, present participle overestimating, simple past and past participle overestimated)

1. to judge too highly

   Experts overestimate the level of harm of cigarettes.

Antonyms

• (to judge too highly): underestimate

Translations

to judge too highly

• Catalan: sobreestimar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 估計過高 (cmn), 估计过高 (cmn) (gūjì guògāo)

• Czech: přecenit (cs)
• Danish: overvurdere (da)
• Dutch: overschatten (nl)
• Finnish: yliarvioida (fi)
• French: surestimer (fr)
• German: überschätzen (de)

• Hungarian: túlbecsül (hu)
• Japanese: 過大評価する (ja) (かだいひょうかする, kadaihyōka suru)
• Portuguese: superestimar (pt)
• Russian: переоценивать (ru) (pereocénivatʹ) impf., переоценить (ru) (pereocenítʹ) pf.
• Spanish: sobrestimar (es)
• Swedish: överskatta
• Telugu: ఎక్కువ అంచనా వేయు (te) (ekkuva anchanaa vEyu)