overpredict

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verb

To predict to be higher than the actual value

“The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.”

OriginEnglish predict ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboverpredict (third-person singular simple present overpredicts, present participle overpredicting, simple past and past participle overpredicted)

present singular third person overpredicts · participle present overpredicting · participle past overpredicted · past overpredicted

  1. To predict to be higher than the actual value

    The harvest was overpredicted because the forecasters did not anticipate the dry weather.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishpredict
  8. Englishoverpredict

From over- + predict.

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APA

overpredict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpredict

MLA

“overpredict.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpredict. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpredict,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpredict.

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