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verb | noun underestimateunderestimate1 /ˌʌndɚˈɛstəˌmeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb VERB TABLEunderestimate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | underestimate | | he, she, it | underestimates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | underestimated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have underestimated | | he, she, it | has underestimated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had underestimated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will underestimate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have underestimated |
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| Present | I | am underestimating | | he, she, it | is underestimating | | you, we, they | are underestimating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was underestimating | | you, we, they | were underestimating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been underestimating | | he, she, it | has been underestimating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been underestimating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be underestimating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been underestimating |
► underestimated how We underestimated how difficult it would be. ► grossly/seriously underestimate The city grossly underestimated the cost of the new airport. THESAURUSwithout being sure► guess to try to answer a question or make a judgment about something without knowing all the facts so that you are not sure whether you are correct: I think she’s about 30, but I’m only guessing. ► take/make a guess take a guess and make a guess mean the same as guess, but sound slightly more informal: How old do you think I am? Take a guess. ► estimate to make a guess about a number or amount based on the information you know: She estimated that it would take three weeks to finish the project. ► underestimate to think that something is smaller, cheaper, less important, or easier than it really is: They underestimated how much it would cost and then ran out of money. ► overestimate to think that something is bigger, longer, harder, or more important than it really is: We overestimated the number of people who would come, so we had way too much food. ► speculate formal to guess about the possible causes or effects of something, without knowing all the facts: People are always speculating about who will win the election, but no one really knows. 1[intransitive, transitive] to think that something is smaller, cheaper, less important, etc. than it really is: We underestimated how difficult it would be.grossly/seriously underestimate The city grossly underestimated the cost of the new airport.► see thesaurus at guess12[transitive] to think that someone is not as good, smart, or skillful as he or she really is: Don’t underestimate her – she’s smarter than you think. verb | noun underestimateunderestimate2 /ˌʌndɚˈɛstəmɪt/ AWL noun [countable] a guessed amount or number that is too low |