noun
Meaning 1
An incorrect count that is too high.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
overcount
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verb
Meaning 2
To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others.
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verb
Meaning 3
To outnumber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count English overcount From over- + count.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: contar de más — to count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another