Meanings
verbovervalue (third-person singular simple present overvalues, present participle overvaluing, simple past and past participle overvalued)
present singular third person overvalues · participle present overvaluing · participle past overvalued · past overvalued · alternative over-value
- To assign an excessive value to something.
nounovervalue (plural overvalues)
plural overvalues · alternative over-value
- A value assigned to something in excess of its real value.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishvalue
- Englishovervalue
Translations
Czech nadhodnotit, přecenit
- nadhodnotitto assign an excessive value to something
- přecenitto assign an excessive value to something
Dutch overwaarderen
- overwaarderento assign an excessive value to something
Finnish yliarvostaa
- yliarvostaato assign an excessive value to something
German überbewerten
- überbewertento assign an excessive value to something
Polish przeceniać, przecenić
- przeceniaćto assign an excessive value to something
- przecenićto assign an excessive value to something
Romanian supraevalua
- supraevaluato assign an excessive value to something
Spanish sobreestimar, sobrestimar
- sobreestimarto assign an excessive value to something
- sobrestimarto assign an excessive value to something
- sobrevalorarto assign an excessive value to something
Cite this entry
APA
overvalue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overvalue
MLA
“overvalue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overvalue. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overvalue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overvalue.
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