MISESTIMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misestimate mean? 

• MISESTIMATE (verb)
  The verb MISESTIMATE has 2 senses:

1. judge incorrectly

2. calculate incorrectly

  Familiarity information: MISESTIMATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISESTIMATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they misestimate    ... he / she / it misestimates   
Past simple: misestimated   
Past participle: misestimated   
-ing form: misestimating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Judge incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I had misestimated his determination

Hypernyms (to "misestimate" is one way to...):

misjudge (judge incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Calculate incorrectly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

miscalculate; misestimate

Context example:

I miscalculated the number of guests at the wedding

Hypernyms (to "misestimate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

misestimation (a mistake in calculating)