overestimate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make too high an estimate of

   We overestimated our own powers.

2. 2
   verb

   To judge or calculate too highly.

   I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.

3. 3
   noun

   An estimate that is too high.

   The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.

4. 4
   noun

   a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

5. 5
   noun

   an appraisal that is too high

6. 6
   verb

   assign too high a value to

Etymology

From over- + estimate.