Meaning

1 senses

  1. To assign meaning to incorrect sentences.

    If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.

Origin

From over- + generate.

From over- + generate.

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Forms

overgenerates, overgenerating, overgenerated, overgenerated
Base formovergenerate · to overgenerate
3rd person singularovergenerates
Present participleovergenerating
Past simpleovergenerated
Past participleovergenerated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovergenerate
he, she, itovergenerates

Past simpleLesson

all personsovergenerated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overgenerate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
undergenerate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedovergeneration

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overfilloverflowovergrazingoverhangoverhaul
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