Meanings
verbovercount (third-person singular simple present overcounts, present participle overcounting, simple past and past participle overcounted)
present singular third person overcounts · participle present overcounting · participle past overcounted · past overcounted
- transitiveTo count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
The census overcounted people in some neighborhoods, and undercounted them in others.
- transitiveTo outnumber.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Latincomputō
- Anglo-Normancounter
- Middle Englishcounten
- Englishcount
- Englishovercount
Translations
Spanish contar de más
- contar de másto count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
Cite this entry
APA
overcount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcount
MLA
“overcount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcount. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcount,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcount.
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