{
    "term": "underestimate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "underestimate",
            "heSheIt": "underestimates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "underestimated",
        "pastParticiple": "underestimated",
        "ingForm": "underestimating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to think or guess that the amount, cost or size of something is smaller than it really is",
            "sensetop": "underestimate somethingunderestimate what, how, etc…",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to underestimate the cost of the project",
                    "contextForm": "underestimate something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We underestimated the time it would take to get there."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The statistics seriously underestimate the number of people affected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We underestimated how long it would take.",
                    "contextForm": "underestimate what, how, etc…"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "considerably", "greatly"],
                "verb + underestimate": ["tend to"],
                "phrases": ["something should not be underestimated"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to not realize how good, strong, determined, difficult, etc. somebody/something really is",
            "sensetop": "underestimate somebody/somethingunderestimate what, how, etc…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Never underestimate your opponent.",
                    "contextForm": "underestimate somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their ability should not be underestimated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't underestimate how difficult this is going to be.",
                    "contextForm": "underestimate what, how, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't underestimate what she is capable of."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He realized that he had seriously underestimated their strength."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The importance of these feelings should not be underestimated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We consistently underestimate the resources and motivation of our adversaries."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "considerably", "greatly"],
                "verb + underestimate": ["tend to"],
                "phrases": ["something should not be underestimated"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪts/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪts/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/underestimate/underestimating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}