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MISESTIMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misestimate mean? 

MISESTIMATE (verb)
  The verb MISESTIMATE has 2 senses:

1. judge incorrectlyplay

2. calculate incorrectlyplay

  Familiarity information: MISESTIMATE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISESTIMATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they misestimate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it misestimates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: misestimated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: misestimated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: misestimating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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)


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