Overreckoning — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚɹˈɛkənɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛkənɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvəɹˈɛkənɪŋ/

5 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚɹˈɛkənɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

overrating overestimation overestimate

Word Forms

overestimate	verb	assign too high a value to
overrate	verb	make too high an estimate of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Überschätzung

eine Berechnung, die zu einer zu hohen Schätzung führt

🇫🇷French

surestimation

un calcul qui aboutit à une estimation trop élevée

🇪🇸Spanish

exagerar

un cálculo que da como resultado una estimación demasiado alta

🇮🇹Italian

sopravvalutazione

un calcolo che dà come risultato una stima troppo alta

🇳🇱Dutch

overcalculatie

een berekening die resulteert in een te hoge schatting

🇵🇹Portuguese

exagerando

um cálculo que resulta em uma estimativa muito alta

🇷🇺Russian

переоценка

расчет, который приводит к слишком высокой оценке

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ज़्यादा हिसाब लगाना

एक गणना जिसके परिणामस्वरूप अनुमान बहुत अधिक होता है

🇮🇳Tamil

மிகையாக கணக்கிடுதல்

மிக அதிகமான மதிப்பீட்டில் விளையும் கணக்கீடு

🇮🇳Telugu

అతిగా లెక్కించడం

చాలా ఎక్కువగా ఉన్న అంచనాకు దారితీసే గణన

🇮🇳Marathi

overreconing

🇮🇳Gujarati

અતિશય ગણતરી

એક ગણતરી કે જે અંદાજમાં પરિણમે છે જે ખૂબ વધારે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅತಿಯಾಗಿ ಲೆಕ್ಕ ಹಾಕುವುದು

ಒಂದು ಲೆಕ್ಕಾಚಾರವು ತುಂಬಾ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿರುವ ಅಂದಾಜುಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അമിതമായ കണക്കെടുപ്പ്

വളരെ ഉയർന്ന ഒരു എസ്റ്റിമേറ്റിൽ കലാശിക്കുന്ന ഒരു കണക്കുകൂട്ടൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

overreconing

ਇੱਕ ਗਣਨਾ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਨਤੀਜਾ ਇੱਕ ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

حد سے زیادہ حساب

ایک حساب جس کا نتیجہ ایک تخمینہ ہے جو بہت زیادہ ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

过度计算

计算得出的估计值过高

🇯🇵Japanese

過大評価

計算結果が高すぎる推定値になること

🇰🇷Korean

과잉 계산

너무 높은 추정치를 초래하는 계산

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tính toán quá mức

một phép tính dẫn đến ước tính quá cao

🇹🇭Thai

การคำนวณมากเกินไป

การคำนวณที่ส่งผลให้มีการประมาณการที่สูงเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

terlalu memperhitungkan

perhitungan yang menghasilkan perkiraan yang terlalu tinggi

🇵🇭Filipino

labis na pagtutuos

isang pagkalkula na nagreresulta sa isang pagtatantya na masyadong mataas

🇲🇾Malay

berlebih-lebihan

pengiraan yang menghasilkan anggaran yang terlalu tinggi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المبالغة في الحساب

عملية حسابية تؤدي إلى تقدير مرتفع جدًا

🇮🇷Persian

محاسبه بیش از حد

محاسبه ای که منجر به تخمین بسیار زیاد می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

fazla hesaplama

çok yüksek bir tahminle sonuçlanan bir hesaplama

🇮🇱Hebrew

התחשבנות יתרה

חישוב שמביא לאומדן גבוה מדי

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