Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To overestimate the merits of; rate too highly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To rate or estimate too highly.
- noun An excessive estimate or rate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To rate or value too highly; to overestimate.
- noun rare An excessive rate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make too high an estimate of
Etymologies
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Examples
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Indeed, as Miriam herself concedes, "from the POV of literary history, it's quite possible to 'overrate' a novel's importance (the extent to which it attracted imitators, was genre-changing or - originating, etc.) by pointing to its aesthetic superiority."
Literary Study 2009
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Indeed, as Miriam herself concedes, "from the POV of literary history, it's quite possible to 'overrate' a novel's importance (the extent to which it attracted imitators, was genre-changing or - originating, etc.) by pointing to its aesthetic superiority."
Teaching the Book 2009
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Indeed, as Miriam herself concedes, "from the POV of literary history, it's quite possible to 'overrate' a novel's importance (the extent to which it attracted imitators, was genre-changing or - originating, etc.) by pointing to its aesthetic superiority."
September 2009 2009
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Then again, from the POV of literary history, it's quite possible to "overrate" a novel's importance the extent to which it attacted imitators, was genre-changing or -originating, etc. by pointing to its aesthetic superiority.
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Then again, from the POV of literary history, it's quite possible to "overrate" a novel's importance the extent to which it attacted imitators, was genre-changing or -originating, etc. by pointing to its aesthetic superiority.
Iconoclasm 2009
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One explanation given for the finding was that men tended to "overrate" the severity of cold and flu symptoms.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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One explanation given for the finding was that men tended to "overrate" the severity of cold and flu symptoms.
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As I recall, what Rush said was that the sports media wants to see African American quarterbacks do well, and that that might have caused them to overrate McNabb (which is arguable).
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I think the source of the problem in the patent system may be linked to a point Friedrich Hayek made long ago about our tendency to overrate the economic importance of theoretical knowledge and vastly underestimate the importance of tacit or practical knowledge.
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One common mistake that flows from this is to overrate the relevance of polls showing that the public supports various component pieces of the legislation you favor.
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