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overreports

overreports is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overreport.

Meaning of overreport

Verb

overreport (third-person singular simple present overreports, present participle overreporting, simple past and past participle overreported)

  1. (transitive) To report too much or too often.
    • Just as the rising tide of cancellations leads the Census Bureau to overreport sales in the short term, it leads the government to underreport inventories.2007 January 7, Daniel Gross, “A Phantom Rebound in the Housing Market”, in New York Times

Questions about overreports

What is overreports the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overreports is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overreport.

Words near overreports in the dictionary

  1. overreport
  2. overreported
  3. overreporter
  4. overreporters
  5. overreporting
  6. overreports
  7. overrepresent
  8. overrepresentation
  9. overrepresentations
  10. overrepresentative
  11. overrepresented

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