surestimer

French

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Verb

surestimer

  1. to overestimate
    Antonym: sous-estimer

Conjugation
Conjugation of surestimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surestimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surestimant
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surestimé
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surestime
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestimes
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestime
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestimons
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɔ̃/		 surestimez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.me/		 surestiment
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/
imperfect surestimais
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɛ/		 surestimais
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɛ/		 surestimait
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɛ/		 surestimions
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mjɔ̃/		 surestimiez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mje/		 surestimaient
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɛ/
past historic2 surestimai
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.me/		 surestimas
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.ma/		 surestima
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.ma/		 surestimâmes
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mam/		 surestimâtes
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mat/		 surestimèrent
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɛʁ/
future surestimerai
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁe/		 surestimeras
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁa/		 surestimera
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁa/		 surestimerons
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɔ̃/		 surestimerez
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁe/		 surestimeront
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surestimerais
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɛ/		 surestimerais
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɛ/		 surestimerait
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɛ/		 surestimerions
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surestimeriez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mə.ʁje/		 surestimeraient
/sy.ʁɛs.tim.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surestime
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestimes
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestime
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 surestimions
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mjɔ̃/		 surestimiez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mje/		 surestiment
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/
imperfect2 surestimasse
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mas/		 surestimasses
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mas/		 surestimât
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.ma/		 surestimassions
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/		 surestimassiez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.ma.sje/		 surestimassent
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surestime
/sy.ʁɛs.tim/		 — surestimons
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.mɔ̃/		 surestimez
/sy.ʁɛs.ti.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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