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overevaluate

overevaluate verb: to evaluate and rank too highly; overvalue.

Verb

overevaluate (third-person singular simple present overevaluates, present participle overevaluating, simple past and past participle overevaluated)

  1. (transitive) To evaluate and rank too highly; overvalue.

Forms of overevaluate

third-person singular presentoverevaluates
present participleoverevaluating
past participleoverevaluated
pastoverevaluated

Origin of overevaluate

From over- + evaluate.

Questions about overevaluate

What does overevaluate mean?
Overevaluate means to evaluate and rank too highly; overvalue.
What part of speech is overevaluate?
Overevaluate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overevaluate?
The past tense of overevaluate is overevaluated.

Words near overevaluate in the dictionary

  1. overestimators
  2. overetch
  3. overetched
  4. overetches
  5. overetching
  6. overevaluate
  7. overevaluated
  8. overevaluates
  9. overevaluating
  10. overevaluation
  11. overevaluations

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