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overrate

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o·ver·rate  (vr-rt)
tr.v. o·ver·rat·ed, o·ver·rat·ing, o·ver·rates
To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.

overrate [ˌəʊvəˈreɪt]
vb
(tr) to assess too highly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.overrate - make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"
misjudge - judge incorrectly
overcapitalise, overcapitalize - overestimate the market value of; "overcapitalize a property"

overrate
verb overestimate, glorify, overvalue, oversell, make too much of, rate too highly, assess too highly, overpraise, exaggerate the worth of, overprize, think or expect too much of, think too highly of, attach to much importance to I think you're overrating him if you call him a genius.
Translations
overrate [ˌəʊvəˈreɪt] VTsobrevalorar, sobre(e)stimar
I think his success has been overratedcreo que sus logros se han sobrevalorado or sobre(e)stimado

overrate [ˌəʊvərˈreɪt] vtsurestimer

overrate [ˌəʊvəˈreɪt] vtsopravvalutare
overrate [ˌəʊvəˈreɪt] vtsopravvalutare

overrate
v overrate [əuvəˈreit]
to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is Her beauty is overrated. oorskat, te hoog skat/aanslaan يُغالي في تَقْدير надценявам přecenit overvurdere überbewerten υπερτιμώ sobreestimar, sobrevalorar ülehindama بیش از ارزش واقعی ارزیابی کردن yliarvioida surestimer לְהַעֲרִיך יוֹתֶר מִדָי अधिक मूल्यांकन करना precijeniti túlbecsül menilai terlalu tinggi ofmeta sopravvalutare 過大評価する 과대 평가하다 pervertinti pārvērtēt menilai sst terlalu tinggi overschatten overvurdere przechwalać, przeceniać sobrestimar a supra­aprecia переоценивать preceniť preceniti preceniti övervärdera, överskatta ตีค่าสูงเกินไป gözünde büyütmek 對...估計過高 переоцінювати اصل سے بڑھ کر سمجھنا đánh giá quá cao ...


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Don't you think men overrate the necessity for humoring everybody's nonsense, till they get despised by the very fools they humor?
Even in the case of slow-breeding animals, which unite for each birth, we must not overrate the effects of intercrosses in retarding natural selection; for I can bring a considerable catalogue of facts, showing that within the same area, varieties of the same animal can long remain distinct, from haunting different stations, from breeding at slightly different seasons, or from varieties of the same kind preferring to pair together.
Hilbery certainly did not overrate William's sufferings.
 
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