Overcount

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To count more of something than are actually present, or to count one thing disproportionately more than another
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rate too high.
  • v. To count erroneously, such that the counted number is higher than the actual number.
  • n. A count{1} that is higher than the true number; an erroneously high number determined by counting incorrectly; the result of overcounting{2}.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rate above the true value.
  • To outnumber.
  • Word Usage
    "Or was it due to an "overcount" of pigs in the December"
    Antonym
    undercount