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Definition: Overrating |
OverratingNoun1. A calculation that results in an estimate that is too high. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overrating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Synonyms: OverratingSynonyms: overestimate (n), overestimation (n), overreckoning (n). (additional references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Jonathan Swift | Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Overrating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Overrating" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overrating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
French | surfaisant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | überschätzend (overestimating). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | υπερτίμηση (appreciation, boom, overestimation, premium). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | overratingay supraapreciere. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-r-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overtrain. | |
-2 letters: anterior, averring, averting, graviton, grievant, invertor, orangier, overgirt, ravigote, revoting, veratrin, vintager. | |
-3 letters: angrier, earring, garrote, genitor, grainer, granite, granter, grantor, gratine, groaner, ignorer, ingrate, negator, orating, overing, overran, rangier, rearing, reaving, regrant, retrain, roaring, tangier, tarring, tearing, terrain, trainer, vertigo, vetoing, vinegar, vintage, virgate. | |
-4 letters: aigret, argent, aroint, arrive, artier, atoner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-o-r-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overtrading. | |
+2 letters: overreacting, overtraining, overtreating, overwatering, reinvigorate. | |
+3 letters: interrogative, overasserting, overbreathing, overmastering, overoperating, overstraining, reinvigorated, reinvigorates, reinvigorator, verbigeration. | |
+4 letters: interrogatives, overbreathings, overdecorating, overharvesting, overregulating, overregulation, oversaturating, reinvigorating, reinvigoration, reinvigorators, tergiversation, verbigerations. | |
+5 letters: antiprogressive, interrogatively, overabstracting, overadvertising, overdramatizing, overelaborating, overornamenting, overregulations, reinvigorations, tergiversations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 72 61 74 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. .-. .- - .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r r a t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0072 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184846786758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | allemand, "ερμανός, neamţ |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greacã |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, român |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, englezesc |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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