Meaning

1 senses

  1. To form an overapproximation of.

    This algorithm will always overapproximate the number of possible paths.

Origin

From over- + approximate.

From over- + approximate.

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Forms

overapproximates, overapproximating, overapproximated, overapproximated
Base formoverapproximate · to overapproximate
3rd person singularoverapproximates
Present participleoverapproximating
Past simpleoverapproximated
Past participleoverapproximated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverapproximate
he, she, itoverapproximates

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverapproximated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overapproximated
he, she, ithas overapproximated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overapproximate

Synonyms

7 synonyms
overestimateB2overreckonoverstateoverholdoverrateoverthink

Antonyms

9 antonyms
underapproximatemisunderestimatesell shortunderestimateB2underguessunderjudgeunderrateunderreckonunderstate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overactiveoverallB2overbearoverboardB2
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