overcount

overcount

English

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-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin com-
Latin putus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin putō
Latin computō
Anglo-Norman counterbor.
Middle English counten
English count
English overcount

    From over- + count.

    Verb

    overcount (third-person singular simple present overcounts, present participle overcounting, simple past and past participle overcounted)

    1. (transitive) To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
      The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others.
    2. (transitive) To outnumber.

    Antonyms

    Translations

    Noun

    overcount (plural overcounts)

    1. An incorrect count that is too high.

    Antonyms

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