overrate

/'ouvə'reit/
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overrate

He tends to overrate his own cooking skills.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To estimate or value something or someone too highly; to assign an excessively high degree of merit, importance, or quality to.
Usage

The verb "overrate" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object. It is used to express the action of judging something to be better, more important, or more valuable than it actually is. It often implies a critical perspective on someone's judgment.

Examples
  • Verb:
    • Critics argue that many people overrate that film; it's entertaining but not a masterpiece.
    • I think you overrate his influence on the final decision.
    • It's easy to overrate the importance of a single event in the grand scheme of things.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be overrated" (Passive/Adjectival use): This is a very common construction where the past participle "overrated" functions as an adjective describing the thing that has been judged too highly.
    • In my opinion, that restaurant is highly overrated.
    • He is often described as an overrated actor by his detractors.
Variants and Related Words
  • Overestimation (n): The action or result of estimating something to be greater than it is.
    • The project's failure was due to a significant overestimation of available resources.
  • Overvalued (adj): Used particularly in financial or economic contexts to describe something priced higher than its fundamental worth.
    • Many analysts believe the tech stock is overvalued.
Synonyms
  • Overestimate: To form too high an opinion of; to judge as greater than reality. (Note: "Overestimate" can also refer to numerical or quantitative judgments, while "overrate" often relates to qualitative judgments of worth or quality.)
  • Overvalue: To assign too high a value to, especially in monetary terms.
  • Exaggerate the worth of: A more descriptive phrase with a similar meaning.
Antonyms
  • Underrate / Underestimate: To value or estimate something as less than it truly is.
Related Phrases
  • "to overrate one's abilities": A common collocation meaning to have an inflated sense of one's own skills or power.
    • His failure was a result of overrating his own abilities.
overrate

He tends to overrate his own cooking skills.

Verb
  1. make too high an estimate of
    • He overestimated his own powers

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