overrep
overrep is the clipping of overrepresent.
Meaning of overrepresent
Verb
overrepresent (third-person singular simple present overrepresents, present participle overrepresenting, simple past and past participle overrepresented)
- To represent as being higher or greater than it is.
- Ms. LeCrone was the only woman, probably overrepresenting the general percentage of female ballet choreographers, but perhaps the most experienced of the group.2010 November 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “Young Ballet-Makers Elaborate on Technique”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2018
Forms of overrep
| third-person singular present | overreps |
|---|---|
| present participle | overrepping |
| past participle | overrepped |
| past | overrepped |
Questions about overrep
- What is overrep the clipping of?
- Overrep is the clipping of overrepresent.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overrep (page history and authors); overrepresent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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