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overpredict

overpredict verb: to predict to be higher than the actual value.

Verb

overpredict (third-person singular simple present overpredicts, present participle overpredicting, simple past and past participle overpredicted)

  1. To predict to be higher than the actual value
    • The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.

Forms of overpredict

third-person singular presentoverpredicts
present participleoverpredicting
past participleoverpredicted
pastoverpredicted

Origin of overpredict

From over- + predict.

Words formed from overpredict

Questions about overpredict

What does overpredict mean?
Overpredict means to predict to be higher than the actual value.
What part of speech is overpredict?
Overpredict is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpredict?
The past tense of overpredict is overpredicted.

Words near overpredict in the dictionary

  1. overprecious
  2. overprecise
  3. overprecisely
  4. overpreciseness
  5. overprecision
  6. overpredict
  7. overpredicted
  8. overpredicting
  9. overprediction
  10. overpredictions
  11. overpredictor

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