overestimated
past simple and past participle ofoverestimate
| 单词 | overestimated |
| 释义 | overestimated past simple and past participle ofoverestimate overestimate verb uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈes.tə.meɪt/[IorT] toguessanamountthat is too high or asizethat is toobig: I overestimated and there was a lot offoodleftover after theparty. Most of us overestimate how muchtimeandenergywe have. According to thesurvey,agentsfrequentlyoverestimate thesizeofrooms. Opposite underestimate(AMOUNT) Compare overvalue C1[T] tothinkthat something isbetteror moreimportantthan it really is: We cannot overestimatetheimportanceofthiswork. Thebenefitsofnucleartechnology, she said, had beengrosslyoverestimated. [T] tothinkthat someone isstronger, or moreskilful,intelligent, ordeterminedthan they really are: They wereforcedto theconclusionthat they had overestimated him. Synonym overrate Opposite underestimate(PERSON) Guesses and assumptions
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Estimating value Analysing and evaluating Misunderstanding Examplesofoverestimatedoverestimated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It seems that the international observersoverestimatedtheir role in reducing the violence. From theCambridge English Corpus When a mechanical prosthesis is inserted, the size must not beoverestimated, as this may lead to compression of the circumflex artery. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the model predicted low germination percentages at both incubation regimes, simulated dataoverestimatedobserved germination values. From theCambridge English Corpus For individuals aged over 55 years, the extent to which clusteringoverestimatedrecent transmission increased with the size of the time period used. From theCambridge English Corpus Generallyoverestimatedare natural obstacles like degraded soils or low rainfall. From theCambridge English Corpus However, where this assumption has to be made in the absence of data on wildlife faeces the disease risk may be under oroverestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus We may therefore haveoverestimated, or underestimated, the effects of urbanization on the incidence of schizophrenia across the life course. From theCambridge English Corpus It is also apparent from this figure that the modeloverestimatedat high disparities and underestimated at low disparities. From theCambridge English Corpus For this reason, obtained peak temperatures may beoverestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, low survivorship (whenoverestimated) will not have the dramatic effect it would seem to on its original scale. From theCambridge English Corpus When the grating was rotated ten degrees clockwise or counterclockwise from sagittal, participants' perceptions of the bar's orientation wereoverestimatedin the opposite direction. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the relevance of non-related cross-reactive antibodies to these antigens is probablyoverestimatedand does not merit clinical significance. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively or as well, this may be an indication that the number of effective samples has beenoverestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, the inferred number of mutational events will beoverestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus The acquisitional value of recasts in comparison to other forms of corrective feedback might have beenoverestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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