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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overgenerate en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + generate.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:natural language processing) To assign meaning to incorrect sentences.
    • If you know that all the text you wish to analyse is correct, a set of rules that overgenerate a grammar would be sufficient.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overgenerating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overgenerated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overgenerated Tense=Past lexicographic
overgenerates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

undergenerate

Relateds

overgeneration