Definitions for overrates

overrates o·ver·rate

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

Overrates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 408 anagrams from letters in overrates (aeeorrstv).

Definitions for overrates

verb (used with object)

  1. to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate:

Origin of overrates

First recorded in 1580-90; over- + rate1

Examples for overrates

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

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

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

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

It is impossible to overrate the significance of this event.

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for overrates
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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