overcalculate en · VERB
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- English calculate English overcalculate From over- + calculate.
Meanings
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To calculate as being greater than is actually the case
Meanwhile, Mr. Blair began, as anxious people will do, to overcalculate the lapse of time.
1822, John Gibson Lockhart, Some Passages in the Life of Mr. Adam Blair, Chapter XI, page 135:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcalculates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcalculated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcalculated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overcalculating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |