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overpredicting

overpredicting is the present participle and gerund of overpredict.

Meaning of overpredict

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.

Questions about overpredicting

What is overpredicting the present participle and gerund of?
Overpredicting is the present participle and gerund of overpredict.

Words near overpredicting in the dictionary

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

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