Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overrate

/ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: over-rate
IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪt/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.

verb

To overstate or overestimate in amount, extent, degree, etc.

noun

An excessive estimate or rate.

Example Sentences

"The vicissitudes of the weather may be responsible for more suffering among the lower animals than in the case of man, but we who live in England are perhaps inclined to overrate the amount of inconvenience occasioned to the world at large by this cause."
"Vance and Martin note another problem with retrospective analysis of sexual patterns in a case in which a person has been diagnosed with AIDS or ARC. There may be a tendency for diagnosed people to overrate their sexual encounters in the belief that promiscuity is the cause of AIDS, thereby explaining or rationalizing their illness."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English rate English overrate From over- + rate.

Inflected Forms

overrates (present, singular) overrating (participle, present) overrated (participle, past) overrated (past) over-rate (alternative) overrates (plural)

Derived Forms

overrater

Synonyms

overflatter overpraise apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape brownnose butter up dickride duchess fawn fawn over fellate

Antonyms

understate misunderestimate sell short underapproximate underestimate underguess underjudge underrate underreckon

Rhymes With

great state wait late date rate hate first-rate straight eight create weight

Questions

How do you pronounce overrate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪt/.
What does overrate mean?: To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.
Where does overrate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English rate English overrate From over- + rate.

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