Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overpredict

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-pre-dict
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To predict to be higher than the actual value

Example Sentences

"The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English predict English overpredict From over- + predict.

Inflected Forms

overpredicts (present, singular) overpredicting (participle, present) overpredicted (participle, past) overpredicted (past)

Derived Forms

overprediction

Frequently Paired Words

underpredict

Questions

What does overpredict mean?: To predict to be higher than the actual value
Where does overpredict come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English predict English overpredict From over- + predict.

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