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overcalculates

overcalculates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overcalculate.

Meaning of overcalculate

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

Questions about overcalculates

What is overcalculates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overcalculates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overcalculate.

Words near overcalculates in the dictionary

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

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