overrate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled over-rate

US /ˌoʊvɚˈreɪt/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to value or assess too highly

Critics warned readers not to overrate the novel's modest charms.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to value or assess too highly overestimate overvalue exaggerateoverprizemagnify

Opposites

underrate underestimate undervalue

Word family

Derived forms overrated

Related forms rateoverrated

Etymology

From over- ('excessively') plus rate ('to estimate, value'), from Latin rata (pars) ('reckoned part'), from reri ('to reckon'). Means to value too highly.

reri Latin

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# overrate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈreɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈreɪt/

## Meanings
1. to value or assess too highly

## Examples
- Critics warned readers not to overrate the novel's modest charms.

## Synonyms
- overestimate
- overvalue
- exaggerate
- overprize
- magnify

## Antonyms
- underrate
- underestimate
- undervalue

## Derived Forms
- overrated

## Related Forms
- rate
- overrated

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: reri

## Etymology
From over- ('excessively') plus rate ('to estimate, value'), from Latin rata (pars) ('reckoned part'), from reri ('to reckon'). Means to value too highly.

## AI Etymology
Overrate is from over- ('excessively') plus rate ('to estimate, value'), from Latin rata (pars) ('reckoned part'), from reri ('to reckon'). Means to value too highly. Important recorded forms include reri (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to value or assess too highly. The wider family includes derived forms such as overrated and related words such as rate and overrated.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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