overvalue

See also: over-value

English

Alternative forms

• over-value

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English value

English overvalue

From over- + value.

Pronunciation

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Verb

overvalue (third-person singular simple present overvalues, present participle overvaluing, simple past and past participle overvalued)

1. To assign an excessive value to something.

   Hyponyms: overappraise, overcelebrate, overcherish, overestimate, overprice

Related terms

• overvaluation
• overvaluing

Translations

to assign an excessive value to something

• Czech: nadhodnotit, přecenit (cs)
• Dutch: overwaarderen (nl)
• Finnish: yliarvostaa
• German: überbewerten (de)
• Polish: przeceniać (pl) impf, przecenić (pl) pf
• Romanian: supraevalua (ro)
• Spanish: sobreestimar (es) m, sobrestimar (es) m, sobrevalorar (es) m

See also

• overpraise

Noun

overvalue (plural overvalues)

1. A value assigned to something in excess of its real value.