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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcount

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-count
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another

Transitive verb

verb

To outnumber.

Transitive verb

noun

An incorrect count that is too high.

Example Sentences

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- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English overcount From over- + count.

Usage

Inflected Forms

overcounts (present, singular) overcounting (participle, present) overcounted (participle, past) overcounted (past) overcounts (plural)

Antonyms

undercount

Questions

What does overcount mean?
To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
Where does overcount 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- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English overcount From over- + count.

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