Meaning

1 senses

  1. To represent as being higher or greater than it is.

Translations

5 languages

Origin

From over- + represent.

From over- + represent.

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Forms

overrepresents, overrepresenting, overrepresented, overrepresented
Base formoverrepresent · to overrepresent
3rd person singularoverrepresents
Present participleoverrepresenting
Past simpleoverrepresented
Past participleoverrepresented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverrepresent
he, she, itoverrepresents

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverrepresented

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overrepresent

Antonyms

1 antonyms
underrepresent

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoverrepresentation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overrateoverreactoverrelianceoverrideoverruleoverrun
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