to overestimate
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4.1
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərˈɛstɪmeɪt/
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sobreestimar
- Teachers unaware of student misconceptions are likely to overestimate the efficacy of their teaching.
- underestimate or overestimate
- overestimate the importance
- overestimate the risk
But that same man overestimates his abilities in other areas.
- But that same man overestimates his abilities in other areas.
- I think most people lose because we overestimate what we can do
- When dopamine levels go up, people tend to overestimate how long something lasted.
- I tend to think people have overestimated the remote working thing.
- And again, it's hard to overestimate how important that location thing is.
- People who are anxious will overestimate the catastrophic outcome of something.
- So it's very common in research to underestimate or overestimate your effect size.
- I think it's generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity.
- Or maybe we've overestimated the importance of, say, dark matter or dark energy.
- And I believe that even though change is a slow process, we wildly overestimate how much time it will take to feel better.
- Most people vastly overestimate their ability to reason and problem solve under stress.
- And I would say the mistake I think we've made is to overestimate the near term threat and underestimate the long term threat.
- Some narcissistic people are actually very qualified and competent, so they aren't overestimating their abilities.
- It's hard to overestimate the influence of Plato on the Western intellectual tradition.
- But I think a lot of computer scientists overestimate how deterministic increasingly large systems are going to be.
- So dopamine and norepinephrine increase frame rate and as a consequence, they tend to lead us to overestimate the amount of time that's passed.
Examples
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I think most people lose because we overestimate what we can do
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You overestimate the intelligence of your current Commander-in-Chief.
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And again, it's hard to overestimate how important that location thing is.
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I think you overestimate their influence.
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You really overestimate your importance to me.
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Research suggests that a majority of teachers overestimate what their students have learned.
Academic text (1999) -
So what's going on is that people tend to overestimate themselves on good things.
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Most people vastly overestimate their ability to reason and problem solve under stress.
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Previous Western assessments have overestimated how quickly Iran could become able to build a nuclear weapon.
Academic text (2013) -
Many students often overestimate their ability to complete assignments on time.
Synonyms
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3.1
To say something is larger, better, or worse than it really is
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4.2
Say something is bigger or more important than it really is
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5.1
To think someone or something is better than they really are
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4.2
To make something seem more important or bigger than it really is
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5.8
To think something is worth more than it really is
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5.6
To make something seem bigger or more important than it really is
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5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
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5.9
To make something seem more important or serious than it is
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5.4
To make something seem much worse or bigger than it is
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7.9
To make something seem much bigger or more important than it really is
Makes something seem bigger or more important than it really is
Describe something as more important or impressive than it really is
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Etymology
Overestimate combines over meaning 'too much' and estimate meaning 'to guess a value'. So to overestimate something is to judge it as bigger or more important than it really is.