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overcalculate

overcalculate verb: to calculate as being greater than is actually the case.

Verb

overcalculate (third-person singular simple present overcalculates, present participle overcalculating, simple past and past participle overcalculated)

  1. To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
    • Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time.1822, John Gibson Lockhart, Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Chapter XI, page 135

Synonyms of overcalculate

Forms of overcalculate

third-person singular presentovercalculates
present participleovercalculating
past participleovercalculated
pastovercalculated

Origin of overcalculate

From over- + calculate.

Questions about overcalculate

What does overcalculate mean?
Overcalculate means to calculate as being greater than is actually the case.
What part of speech is overcalculate?
Overcalculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcalculate?
The past tense of overcalculate is overcalculated.

Words near overcalculate in the dictionary

  1. overcaffeinated
  2. overcaffeinates
  3. overcaffeinating
  4. overcalcification
  5. overcalcified
  6. overcalculate
  7. overcalculated
  8. overcalculates
  9. overcalculating
  10. overcalculation
  11. overcalculations

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