overcount

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of counting something more than the actual number.

  - "She made an overcount of the apples and ended up with too many."
  - "The cashier accidentally overcounted the number of items in the bag."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with overcount
count , pount , drought , stout

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Homophones

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1. Overcoat (en) : A heavy coat worn to keep warm
   

2. Overtake (en) : To pass a moving vehicle or other object.
   

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Variants

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overcount , overcounted , overcounting , overcounts

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Forms

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overcounted, overcounting, overcounts

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Etymology

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The term 'overcount' comes from the Old English word 'ofer' meaning 'above' and 'cennan' meaning 'to count'.

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Trivia

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1. The Guinness World Records holds a record for the largest overcount in history, where a company overestimated the number of plastic bottles it had produced by over 1 billion.

2. The term 'overcount' is also used in statistics to describe the situation when the observed frequency is greater than the expected frequency.

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Related Concepts

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1. Undercount: The opposite of overcount, where fewer items are counted than the actual number.

2. Counting: The act of determining the number of objects or items.

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'overcount' has been used metaphorically to describe an exaggerated or inaccurate assessment of a situation or an overestimation of one's abilities.

How to Memorize "overcount"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a scale with weights. Overcount would be adding an extra weight to the scale.
   - Visualize a cash register with too many coins inserted.

2. associate
   

   - Associate overcount with the word 'mistake'.
   - Link overcount to the concept of 'exaggeration'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'one too many' to remember the meaning of overcount.
   - Create a mental image of a scale with one extra weight.

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