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Synonyms for overrate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈreɪt |
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Définition of overrate
Origin :- 1610s, from over- + rate (v.). Related: Overrated; overrating.
- verb assign too much value, importance
- If you fancy that I exaggerate this power, or overrate its extent, listen to one fact.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- That I did not overrate the peril before me, events soon proved.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- It is impossible to overrate the significance of this event.
- Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
- It is hard to overrate the consequences of the fall of New Orleans.
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
- Yet it would be impossible to overrate the delicacy of that situation.
- Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
- It could not have been better; but I fear that you overrate it.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II (of II) » by Charles Darwin
- Self-love leads us to overrate the numbers of our negative constituency.
- Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- After such a severe handling, he was not likely to overrate his poetical talents.
- Extract from : « The Printer Boy. » by William M. Thayer
- "You overrate your talent for poetry," said Osborne to Ralph, at one of their interviews.
- Extract from : « The Printer Boy. » by William M. Thayer
- I hope that I do not overrate my own place in the estimation of society.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
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