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[‚ʌndə'restɪmeɪt] (size, strength) sous-estimer; (person, value) sous-estimer, mésestimer2 noun[‚ʌndə'restɪmət] sous-estimation fUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > underestimate
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(to estimate (a person, a thing etc) at less than his or its real amount, value, strength etc: Never underestimate your opponent!) sous-estimer -
5 to underestimate
sous-estimer, sous-évaluerDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > to underestimate
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6 devalue
devalue [ˈdi:ˈvælju:]* * *[ˌdiː'væljuː] 1.transitive verbdevalued by 6% — dévalué de 6%
2) gen ( underestimate) dévaloriser2.intransitive verb [currency] être dévalué ( against par rapport à); [property] baisser; [shares] dévaloriser -
7 grossly
grossly [ˈgrəʊslɪ][exaggerate, overestimate, underestimate] grossièrement ; [overpaid, underpaid] nettement ; [inadequate, inaccurate] totalement ; [misleading, inefficient, irresponsible] terriblement* * *['grəʊslɪ]1) [exaggerate] grossièrement; [misleading, irresponsible] extrêmement; [underpaid] scandaleusement2) ( crudely) de façon grossière -
8 little
I.little1 [ˈlɪtl]II.little2 [ˈlɪtl]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. pronoun3. adverb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective( = not much) peu de► a little... ( = some) un peu de...• would you like a little milk in your tea? voulez-vous un peu de lait dans votre thé ?• we're having a little trouble nous avons un petit problème► no little...2. pronouna. ( = not much) pas grand-chose• that has very little to do with it! ça n'a pas grand-chose à voir !• however little you give, we'll be grateful votre contribution, même la plus modeste, sera la bienvenueb. ( = small amount) the little I have seen is excellent le peu que j'en ai vu est excellent• every little helps ( = gift) tous les dons sont les bienvenus3. adverba. ( = not much) they spoke very little on the way home ils n'ont pas dit grand-chose sur le chemin du retour► a little... ( = somewhat) un peu...b. ( = not at all) he little imagined that... il était loin de s'imaginer que...• little did he think that... il était loin de se douter que...c. ( = rarely) rarement• you could get one for as little as £20 on peut en trouver pour seulement 20 livres• you can eat well for as little as $5 on peut bien manger pour 5 dollars• I like him as little as you do je ne l'aime pas plus que toi► little by little petit à petit peu à peu► to make little of sth ( = accomplish easily) faire qch sans aucun mal ; ( = play down) minimiser qch ; ( = underestimate) sous-estimer qch• the sailors made little of loading the huge boxes les marins chargeaient les énormes caisses sans aucun mal• he made little of his opportunities ( = failed to exploit) il n'a pas tiré parti des possibilités qu'il avait► to say little for sb ( = reflect badly on)* * *Note: When little is used as a quantifier ( little hope, little damage) it is translated by peu de: peu d'espoir, peu de dégâtsWhen a little is used as a pronoun ( give me a little) it is translated by un peu: donne-m'en un peuWhen little is used alone as a pronoun ( there's little I can do) it is very often translated by pas grand-chose: je ne peux pas faire grand-choseFor examples of these and other uses of little as a pronoun ( to do as little as possible etc) see II belowFor uses of little and a little as adverbs see the entry belowI 1. ['lɪtl](comparative less; superlative least) quantifier2. 3.too little money — trop peu or pas assez d'argent
1) ( not much) peu2) ( not at all)4.a little (bit) adverbial phrase ( slightly) un peu5.a little less/more — un peu moins/plus
as little as adverbial phraseII ['lɪtl]as little as £60 — juste 60 livres sterling
1) ( small) [house, smile, voice] petit (before n)poor little thing — pauvre petit/-e m/f
2) ( young) [sister, boy] petit (before n)3) ( in a small way) [farmer, businessman] petit (before n)4) ( expressing scorn)5) ( short) [snooze] petit (before n)••to make little of — ( not understand) ne pas comprendre grand-chose à [speech]
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9 misjudge
misjudge [ˈmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ][+ amount, time] mal évaluer ; ( = underestimate) sous-estimer ; [+ person] se méprendre sur le compte de* * *[ˌmɪs'dʒʌdʒ]transitive verb mal évaluer [speed, distance, public feeling]; mal calculer [shot]; mal juger [person, character] -
10 seriously
seriously [ˈsɪərɪəslɪ]• yes, but seriously... oui, mais sérieusement...• seriously now... sérieusement...• to take sth/sb seriously prendre qch/qn au sérieux* * *['sɪərɪəslɪ]1) ( not frivolously) sérieusementare you seriously suggesting that...? — tu veux vraiment dire que...?
but seriously,... — blague à part,... (colloq)
to take somebody/something seriously — prendre quelqu'un/quelque chose au sérieux
2) ( gravely) [ill, injured, at risk, flawed] gravement; [mislead, underestimate] vraiment3) (colloq) ( extremely) vraiment -
11 slight
slight [slaɪt]1. adjectiveb. ( = slim) menu3. noun( = insult) affront m* * *[slaɪt] 1. 2.1) [change, delay, movement, rise] léger/-ère (before n); [risk, danger] faible (before n); [pause, hesitation] petit (before n)2) ( in build) mince3.transitive verb1) ( offend) humilier [person]2) US ( underestimate) sous-estimer -
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(to underestimate.) sous-estimer -
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14 seriously
1 ( not frivolously) [speak, write, think, listen] sérieusement ; to seriously consider doing sth penser sérieusement à faire qch ; seriously, do you need help? sérieusement, avez-vous besoin d'aide? ; are you seriously suggesting that…? tu veux vraiment dire que…? ; but seriously,… blague à part,… ○ ; to take sb/sth seriously prendre qn/qch au sérieux ; he takes himself too seriously il se prend trop au sérieux ; police are treating the threat very seriously la police prend la menace très au sérieux ;2 ( gravely) [ill, injured, damaged, divided, at risk, flawed] gravement ; [mislead, underestimate] vraiment ; something is seriously wrong il y a quelque chose qui ne va vraiment pas ;3 ○ ( extremely) [boring, funny] vraiment. -
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B adj1 [change, delay, exaggeration, improvement, injury, movement, rise, shock, stroke] léger/-ère (before n) ; [risk, danger] faible (before n) ; [pause, hesitation] petit (before n) ; the improvement/her interest is slight l'amélioration/son intérêt est faible ; the chances of it happening are slight il y a de faibles chances pour que cela arrive ; not to have the slightest difficulty/idea ne pas avoir la moindre difficulté/idée ; at the slightest provocation à la moindre provocation ; not in the slightest pas le moins du monde ;2 [figure, physique, person] mince ; to be slight of build être mince ;3 ( lightweight) [book, article, film] superficiel/-ielle.C vtr1 ( offend) humilier [person] ;2 US ( underestimate) sous-estimer. -
16 opposition
opposition [‚ɒpə'zɪʃən]1 noun∎ the army met with fierce opposition l'armée se heurta à une vive résistance;∎ the besieged city put up little opposition la ville assiégée n'opposa guère de résistance;∎ in opposition to en opposition avec;∎ the plans met with some opposition les projets suscitèrent une certaine opposition ou hostilité∎ the Opposition l'opposition f;∎ Labour spent the 1980s in Opposition les travaillistes furent dans l'opposition pendant toutes les années 80;∎ the Opposition was or were unable to decide l'opposition fut incapable de prendre une décision;∎ the Opposition benches les bancs mpl de l'opposition∎ don't underestimate the opposition (in sport) ne sous-estimez pas vos adversaires; (in commerce, business) ne sous-estimez pas vos concurrents ou la concurrence(d) (contrast) (mise f en) opposition fPolitics (committee, spokesperson etc) de l'opposition
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