English Explanatory Dictionary

overhold

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
  2. To hold over; keep.
noun
  1. The act or process of holding over.

Word forms

overhold overholds overholding overheld overholden

Etymology

From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan (“to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect”), from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”) + *haldaną (“to hold”), equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden (“to hang on, hold over, save”), German überhalten (“to hold on to, keep”), Danish overholde (“to observe”).

Synonyms

overprice overstate overapproximate overestimate overhold overrate overreckon overthink

Antonyms

understate misunderestimate sell short underapproximate underestimate underguess underjudge underrate underreckon

Derived words

overholding
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