1. overestimate

verb. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] make too high an estimate of.

Rhymes with Overestimate

• underestimate

Sentences with overestimate

1. Verb, base form
You also don't want to overestimate your tax obligation and have your employer withhold too much money.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Sometimes owners overestimate the value of their homes and place them for sale for more than they're worth.

Quotes about overestimate

1. There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate - not to the artist, but to the public, blinding them to all but harming the artist not at all.
- Oscar Wilde

2. Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.
- Bill Gates

3. God does not give us more than we can handle,"I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.
- Julia Cameron, Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance

2. overestimate

noun. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] an appraisal that is too high.

3. overestimate

noun. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high.

4. overestimate

verb. ['ˌoʊvɝˈɛstəˌmeɪt'] assign too high a value to.