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overrate - 5 dictionary results

o⋅ver⋅rate

[oh-ver-reyt]
–verb (used with object), -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.

Origin:
1580–90; over- + rate 1


overpraise, overesteem, magnify.
o·ver·rate   (ō'vər-rāt')   
tr.v.   o·ver·rat·ed, o·ver·rat·ing, o·ver·rates
To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.

Overrate

O`ver*rate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Overrating.] To rate or value too highly.

Overrate

O"ver*rate`\, n. An excessive rate. [R.] --Massinger.
Language Translation for : overrate
Spanish: sobreestimar, sobrevalorar,
German: überbewerten,
Japanese: 過大評価する

overrate 
1611, from over + rate (v.).
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