"overrepresent" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overrepresents [present, singular, third-person], overrepresenting [participle, present], overrepresented [participle, past], overrepresented [past]
Etymology: over- + represent Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|represent}} over- + represent Head templates: {{en-verb}} overrepresent (third-person singular simple present overrepresents, present participle overrepresenting, simple past and past participle overrepresented)
  1. (transitive) To represent as being higher or greater than it is. Tags: transitive Related terms: overrepresentation Translations (Translations): sobrerepresentar (Catalan), olla yliedustettuna (Finnish), yliedustaa (Finnish), surreprésenter (French), sobrerrepresentar (Galician), sovrarappresentare (Italian), sobrerrepresentar (Portuguese), sobrerrepresentar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overrepresent-en-verb-hB9mJa5v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-

Inflected forms

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