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overgenerate

overgenerate verb: to assign meaning to incorrect sentences.

Verb

overgenerate (third-person singular simple present overgenerates, present participle overgenerating, simple past and past participle overgenerated)

  1. (natural language processing) To assign meaning to incorrect sentences.
    • If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.
    Antonyms:
    undergenerate

Antonyms of overgenerate

Forms of overgenerate

third-person singular presentovergenerates
present participleovergenerating
past participleovergenerated
pastovergenerated

Origin of overgenerate

From over- + generate.

Questions about overgenerate

What does overgenerate mean?
Overgenerate means to assign meaning to incorrect sentences.
What part of speech is overgenerate?
Overgenerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgenerate?
The past tense of overgenerate is overgenerated.

Words near overgenerate in the dictionary

  1. overgeneralizer
  2. overgeneralizers
  3. overgeneralizes
  4. overgeneralizing
  5. overgenerally
  6. overgenerate
  7. overgenerated
  8. overgenerates
  9. overgenerating
  10. overgeneration
  11. overgenerosity

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