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over-estimate

over-estimate is the alternative spelling of overestimate.

Meaning of overestimate

Verb

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

  1. To judge or calculate too highly.
    • I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

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Forms of over-estimate

third-person singular presentover-estimates
present participleover-estimating
past participleover-estimated
pastover-estimated

Questions about over-estimate

What is over-estimate the alternative spelling of?
Over-estimate is the alternative spelling of overestimate.

Words near over-estimate in the dictionary

  1. over-egging the pudding
  2. over-eggs
  3. over-eggs the pudding
  4. over-elaborate
  5. over-enthusiastic
  6. over-estimate
  7. over-estimated
  8. over-excitement
  9. over-extension
  10. over-extensions
  11. over-feeble

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Adapted from Wiktionary: over-estimate (page history and authors); overestimate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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