overrate
/'ouvə'reit/
Definition
- 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.
Verb
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make too high an estimate of
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He overestimated his own powers
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