overcountingn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈkaʊntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈkaʊn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overcount v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < overcount v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later overcount n.

The action of overcount v.; overestimation; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1897 Cent. Mag. Oct. 936/1 In the inevitable guesswork, the park statistics, it is claimed, aim at under- rather than over-counting.

1905 Daily Chron. 5 May 4/3 The tables which Mr. Brassey publishes in the new issue of ‘The Naval Annual’ show that this country is maintaining the comparative strength of its fleet. In order to avoid any overcounting, we eliminate the 19 third-class cruisers which are struck off.

1930 Rev. Econ. Statistics 12 79/2 There is evidence that overcounting took place in 1910 in the case of women and children engaged in agriculture.

2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. a22/1 This time the problem was an overcounting of votes in an unofficial tally released after the runoff.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overcounting
释义	overcountingn. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkaʊntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkaʊn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overcount v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < overcount v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later overcount n. The action of overcount v.; overestimation; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1897 Cent. Mag. Oct. 936/1 In the inevitable guesswork, the park statistics, it is claimed, aim at under- rather than over-counting. 1905 Daily Chron. 5 May 4/3 The tables which Mr. Brassey publishes in the new issue of ‘The Naval Annual’ show that this country is maintaining the comparative strength of its fleet. In order to avoid any overcounting, we eliminate the 19 third-class cruisers which are struck off. 1930 Rev. Econ. Statistics 12 79/2 There is evidence that overcounting took place in 1910 in the case of women and children engaged in agriculture. 2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Oct. a22/1 This time the problem was an overcounting of votes in an unofficial tally released after the runoff. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1897
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