Meaning

1 senses

  1. To predict to be higher than the actual value

    The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.

Forms

overpredicts, overpredicting, overpredicted, overpredicted
Base formoverpredict · to overpredict
3rd person singularoverpredicts
Present participleoverpredicting
Past simpleoverpredicted
Past participleoverpredicted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverpredict
he, she, itoverpredicts

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverpredicted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overpredict

Word family

2 related words
Relatedunderpredict
Derivedoverprediction

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overpayoverpopulateoverpopulationoverpoweroverpricedoverprotectiveoverqualifiedoverrate
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