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verb · intransitive · rare

overpredict

overpredict · overpredicts · overpredicted · overpredicting

To predict to be higher than the actual valueTo predict to be higher than the actual value

Meaning

1 senses

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

regular · Lesson

Base form	overpredict · to overpredict
3rd person singular	overpredicts
Present participle	overpredicting
Past simple	overpredicted
Past participle	overpredicted

Tenses

overpredict · overpredicted · will overpredict · have overpredicted

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	overpredict
he, she, it	overpredicts

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have overpredicted
he, she, it	has overpredicted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will overpredict

Past simpleLesson

all persons

overpredicted

Word family

2 related words

Relatedunderpredict

Derivedoverprediction

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

overpay overpopulate overpopulation overpower overpriced overprotective overqualified overrate

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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