Definitions for overrateˌoʊ vərˈreɪt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•ver•rateˌoʊ vərˈreɪt(v.t.)-rat•ed, -rat•ing.

  1. to rate or appraise too highly.

Origin of overrate:

1580–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. overestimate, overrate(verb)

    make too high an estimate of

    "He overestimated his own powers"

Wiktionary

  1. overrate(Verb)

    To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.


Translations for overrate

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

overrate(verb)

to think that something is better, stronger, more valuable etc than it really is

Her beauty is overrated.

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