Past tense of overestimate
regular verb
The past tense of overestimate is overestimated. The past participle is also overestimated.
Forms of overestimate
| Base form (V1) | overestimate /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | overestimated |
| Past participle (V3) | overestimated |
| Present participle | overestimating |
| Third person singular | overestimates |
Overestimated in a sentence
- I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.
- Nevertheless, the role played by vertical transport (in particular, by biosedimentation) in self-purification of seas and oceans from chlorinated hydrocarbons must not be overestimated.2016, S.A. Patin, Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans, →ISBN, page 48
- Anaximander's interest in cosmogony has been vastly overestimated, and his achievements consistently mispraised.2010, Paul F. O'Rourke (quoting Jonathan Barnes), Offerings to the Discerning Eye, Sue D'Auria (ed.), p. 247 n.25 (Google preview). From the entry mispraise
- Khrushchev made a grave miscalculation when he failed to appreciate the growing opposition to his power and overestimated the support of his bureaucracy.2017, Vladimir Shlapentokh, A Normal Totalitarian Society, page 80. From the entry grave
- If we have a beta decay that suffers from the pandemonium effect, the mean gamma energies will be underestimated and the beta energies will be overestimated.2012, Amir Mesquita, Nuclear Reactors, page 78. From the entry pandemonium effect
Meaning of overestimate
- verb To judge or calculate too highly.
- noun An estimate that is too high.
Questions about the past tense of overestimate
- What is the past tense of overestimate?
- The past tense of overestimate is overestimated.
- What is the past participle of overestimate?
- The past participle of overestimate is overestimated.
- Is overestimate a regular or irregular verb?
- Overestimate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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