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overgenerates

overgenerates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overgenerate.

Meaning of overgenerate

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

Questions about overgenerates

What is overgenerates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overgenerates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overgenerate.

Words near overgenerates in the dictionary

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

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