overquantify
overquantify · overquantifies · overquantified · overquantifying
To quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etcTo quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
Meaning
1 sensesTo quantify too much; to interpret with too great a focus on numbers, quotas, etc.
Origin
From over- + quantify.From over- + quantify.
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Forms
overquantifies, overquantifying, overquantified, overquantified| Base form | overquantify · to overquantify |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | overquantifies |
| Present participle | overquantifying |
| Past simple | overquantified |
| Past participle | overquantified |
regular · Lesson
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 dictionaryDictionary 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.