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  • 61special relationship —    A term used to describe the warm political and diplomatic relations between the United States (US) and some Western nations, particularly Great Britain. The relationship has been the centrepiece of British foreign policy in the post 1945 era.… …

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  • 62overdo — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. overtask, overstrain, etc.; go too far, carry to extremes. See exaggeration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To do too much] Syn. magnify, pile up, pile on, amplify, overestimate, overreach, stretch, overvalue …

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  • 63misjudge — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make a wrong judgment, usually of a person] Syn. presume, prejudge, suppose, presuppose, misapprehend, be partial, be overcritical, be unfair, be one sided, be misled, come to a hasty conclusion; see also misunderstand .… …

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  • 64overestimate — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overvalue, overprice, overrate; see exaggerate , exceed …

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  • 65overvalue — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overrate, magnify, overestimate, overemphasize; see exaggerate , exceed , overdo 1 …

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  • 66Overestimation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Overestimation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 overestimation overestimation &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 exaggeration exaggeration &c. 549 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity &c. 880 Sgm: N 1 optimism optimism pessimism …

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  • 67overrated — o|ver|rated [ˌəuvəˈreıtıd US ˌou ] adj not as good or important as some people think or say ≠ ↑underrated ▪ a vastly overrated film >overrate v [T] …

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  • 68over-rate — see overrate …

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  • 69underrate — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)re͟ɪt[/t]] underrates, underrating, underrated VERB If you underrate someone or something, you do not recognize how clever, important, or significant they are. [V n] We women have a lot of good business skills, although we tend to… …

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  • 70overestimate — o·ver es·ti·mate || ‚əʊvÉ™(r) estɪmeɪt v. overrate, overvalue; estimate as being greater than it actually is …

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