overpredict

overpredict

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-
English predict
English overpredict

    From over- + predict.

    Verb

    overpredict (third-person singular simple present overpredicts, present participle overpredicting, simple past and past participle overpredicted)

    1. To predict to be higher than the actual value
      The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.

    Derived terms

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