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overdetect

overdetect verb: to detect more of (something) than is actually present.

Verb

overdetect (third-person singular simple present overdetects, present participle overdetecting, simple past and past participle overdetected)

  1. (transitive) To detect more of (something) than is actually present.

Forms of overdetect

third-person singular presentoverdetects
present participleoverdetecting
past participleoverdetected
pastoverdetected

Origin of overdetect

From over- + detect.

Questions about overdetect

What does overdetect mean?
Overdetect means to detect more of (something) than is actually present.
What part of speech is overdetect?
Overdetect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdetect?
The past tense of overdetect is overdetected.

Words near overdetect in the dictionary

  1. overdesperate
  2. overdestructive
  3. overdestructiveness
  4. overdetachment
  5. overdetailed
  6. overdetect
  7. overdetected
  8. overdetecting
  9. overdetection
  10. overdetects
  11. overdetermination

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