how to pronounce overrate

/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹɛɪt/

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overrate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of overrate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to overrate the democratically elected …”

meanings of overrate

verb:

To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.

noun:

An excessive estimate or rate.

overrate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word overrate occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics overrate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that overrate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;