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Word entry · 12 letters

overestimate

Best crossword clue

"Guess too high"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeeeimorsttvStarts with OEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make too high an estimate of

Word origin

From over- + estimate.

Used in a sentence

  • I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.
  • Nevertheless, the role played by vertical transport (in particular, by biosedimentation) in self-purification of seas and oceans from chlorinated hydrocarbons must not be overestimated.
  • One must be especially careful when using Google to determine frequency as there is a very real risk of fantastically overestimating the frequency and subsequent importance of a term.

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