"overlearn" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /əʊvəˈləːn/ [UK] Forms: overlearns [present, singular, third-person], overlearning [participle, present], overlearned [participle, past], overlearned [past], overlearnt [participle, past], overlearnt [past]
Etymology: From over- + learn. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|learn}} over- + learn Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=overlearnt}} overlearn (third-person singular simple present overlearns, present participle overlearning, simple past and past participle overlearned or overlearnt)
  1. To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart. Translations (learn more than necessary): surapprendre (French), sur-apprendre (French), überlernen (German), przeuczyć się [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overlearn-en-verb-zGByPjmE Disambiguation of 'learn more than necessary': 62 24 14
  2. (psychology, education) To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive. Categories (topical): Education, Psychology
    Sense id: en-overlearn-en-verb-CGBrWyrg Topics: education, human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. (modeling) Mostly when talking about neural networks, to learn a task to the point where responses actually start to degrade. Compare with overfit, in model tuning contexts.
    Sense id: en-overlearn-en-verb-bed0JBmw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 18 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 26 24 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: over-learn

Inflected forms

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