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Definition: Overvalue |
OvervalueVerb1. Assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overvalue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Overvalue \O`ver*val"ue\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Overvalued; present participle verb or noun Overvaluing.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: OvervalueSynonym: overestimate (v). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: to overstate (statistics), to overvalue. |
| Antonym: undervalue (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Overestimation | Verb: overestimate, overrate, overvalue, overprize, overweigh, overreckon, overstrain, overpraise; eulogize; estimate too highly, attach too much importance to, make mountains of molehills, catch at straws; strain, magnify; exaggerate; set too high a value upon; think much of, make much of, think too much of, make too much of; outreckon; panegyrize. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overvalue |
| English words defined with "overvalue": Overprize, Overvalued, Overvaluing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overvalue": to overvalue. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Vietnam | Some investors complain the government allows SOEs to overvalue their land use rights to meet the 30 percent capital requirement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Overvalue" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Overvalue" is used about 6 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 (infinitive) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 50% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "overvalue": to overvalue. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
overvalue | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "overvalue"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mbivlerësoj (overestimate, overprize, overrate), mbivlerësim (overestimate, overestimation), mbiçmoj (overestimate, overrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إفرط في التقييم, بالغ في التقدير (overestimate, overrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | надценяване (overestimation), надценявам (overestimate, overprize, overrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přecenit (overestimate, overrate, surcharge), nadhodnotit (overestimate, overrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surestimer (overestimate), surévaluer (overrate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überbewerten (overestimate, overrate, to overvalue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlbecsül (over-estimate, overrate, to overestimate, to overguess, to overrate), túlértékel (over-estimate, overprize, overrate, to overrate), többre értékel, ázsió (agio, exchange premium, premia, premium, premium on exchange). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sopravvalutare (overestimate, overrate, upvalue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur leagh ro ard er. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overvalueay varar (overthrow, pull down), supervalorizar. (various references) supraestima (overrate), supraaprecia (overestimate, overrate), face prea mare caz de, depãşi cã valoare, da prea mare importanţã. (various references) переоценка (overestimation, overvaluation, reappraisal, reassessment, reevaluation), переоценивать (overestimate, over-estimate, overprize, overrate, reassess, re-evaluate, revalue, transvalue). (various references) precenjivati (overprize), precenjivanje (over-estimate, overestimation), preceniti (outvalue, overestimate, overprize, overrate). (various references) sobrevalorar (overrate, talk up), sobreestimar (overestimate, overprize, overrate). (various references) övervärdera (overestimate, overrate), överskatta (overestimate, overrate). (various references) fazla değer biçmek. (various references) переоцінювати (overestimate, overprize, overrate, reassess), давати надто високу оцінку (overestimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overvalue": overvalued, overvalues. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "overvalue" (pronounced ō"verva'lyuw) |
| 6 | -er v a' l y uw | undervalue. |
| 3 | -l y uw | value. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-u-v-v" | |
-2 letters: aureole, evolver, revalue, revolve. | |
-3 letters: areole, evolve, laveer, leaver, louver, louvre, oeuvre, ovular, reveal, valour, valuer, vealer, velour, velure, vulvae, vulvar. | |
-4 letters: elver, laevo, laree, laver, leave, lever, lover, ovule, ravel, reave, revel, revue, ureal, uveal, valor, value, valve, varve, velar, verve, volar, volva, vulva. | |
-5 letters: aero, alee, aloe, arvo, aver, earl, eave, euro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-u-v-v" | |
+1 letter: overvalued, overvalues. | |
+5 letters: overevaluation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 76 61 6C 75 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110110 01100001 01101100 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r v a l u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0076 0061 006C 0075 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498871848867788771 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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