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OVERVALUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overvalue mean?
• OVERVALUE (verb)
The verb OVERVALUE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: OVERVALUE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they overvalue
... he / she / it overvalues

Past simple: overvalued

Past participle: overvalued

-ing form: overvaluing





Past simple: overvalued


Past participle: overvalued


-ing form: overvaluing


Sense 1
Meaning:
Assign too high a value to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
overestimate; overvalue
Context example:
You are overestimating the value of your old car
Hypernyms (to "overvalue" is one way to...):
value (fix or determine the value of; assign a value to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
undervalue (assign too low a value to)
Derivation:
overvaluation (too high a value or price assigned to something)
overvaluation (an appraisal that is too high)
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