surestimer
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
surestimer
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “surestimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.