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overcalculating

overcalculating is the present participle and gerund 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 overcalculating

What is overcalculating the present participle and gerund of?
Overcalculating is the present participle and gerund of overcalculate.

Words near overcalculating in the dictionary

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

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