Definitions for overrate

overrate o·ver·rate

Spelling: [oh-ver-reyt]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈreɪt/

Overrate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in overrate (aeeorrtv).

Definitions for overrate

verb (used with object)

  1. to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:

Origin of overrate

First recorded in 1580-90; over- + rate1

Examples for overrate

After such a severe handling, he was not likely to overrate his poetical talents.

It is hard to overrate the consequences of the fall of New Orleans.

I hope that I do not overrate my own place in the estimation of society.

Self-love leads us to overrate the numbers of our negative constituency.

Yet it would be impossible to overrate the delicacy of that situation.

It could not have been better; but I fear that you overrate it.

If you fancy that I exaggerate this power, or overrate its extent, listen to one fact.

It is impossible to overrate the significance of this event.

"You overrate your talent for poetry," said Osborne to Ralph, at one of their interviews.

That I did not overrate the peril before me, events soon proved.

Word Value for overrate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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