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Meaning of "overprecise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERPRECISE

overprecise  [ˌəʊvəprɪˈsaɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERPRECISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overprecise is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERPRECISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overprecise in the English dictionary

The definition of overprecise in the dictionary is excessively precise.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERPRECISE


advice
ədˈvaɪs
concise
kənˈsaɪs
device
dɪˈvaɪs
dice
daɪs
ice
aɪs
imprecise
ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs
merchandise
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪs
mice
maɪs
nice
naɪs
paradise
ˈpærəˌdaɪs
precise
prɪˈsaɪs
price
praɪs
rice
raɪs
saice
saɪs
sice
saɪs
spice
spaɪs
syce
saɪs
twice
twaɪs
ultraprecise
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsaɪs
vice
vaɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERPRECISE

overpraise
overpreparation
overprepare
overprescribe
overpress
overpressure
overprice
overpriced
overprint
overprivileged
overprize
overprocess
overproduce
overproduction
overprogram
overprogrammed
overprogramming
overpromise
overpromote
overproof

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERPRECISE

boxercise
breathing exercise
circumcise
criticise
Customs and Excise
damage limitation exercise
Dancercise
depoliticise
excise
exercise
Graecise
incise
italicise
ostracise
physical exercise
politicise
postexercise
public relations exercise
publicise
sexercise

Synonyms and antonyms of overprecise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overprecise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERPRECISE

Find out the translation of overprecise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overprecise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overprecise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overprecise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overprecise
570 millions of speakers

English

overprecise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overprecise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overprecise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overprecise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overprecise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overprecise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overprecise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overprecise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

übergenau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overprecise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overprecise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overprecise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overprecise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overprecise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिप्रश्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overprecise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overprecise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overprecise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overprecise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overprecise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερακριβής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overprecise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overprecise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overprecise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overprecise

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERPRECISE»

The term «overprecise» is used very little and occupies the 155.199 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERPRECISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overprecise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overprecise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overprecise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERPRECISE»

Discover the use of overprecise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overprecise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Supplements: From the Earliest Essays to Being and Time and ...
able to define the object in a fitting manner only when one first sees it in overprecise terms (not arbitrarily but on the basis of access to the content in it one defines) and then manages, by a retraction of this overprecise elucidation, to arrive at a ...
Martin Heidegger, John van Buren, 2012
2
Letters to Felice
No pupil far and wide”): he has, he says, put his question in “more than plain” form because he wants her answer too to be overprecise and given “independent from every point of View, even from that of reality” (overprecise to the point of the  ...
Franz Kafka, 2013
3
Elements of public speaking
Two common faults of enunciation are that of the lax and that of the overprecise — the " don't care " style and the " affected " style. The one is a careless, slipshod mode of utterance which gives no attention to any sound that does not find its ...
Harry Garfield Houghton, 1916
4
The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns: From Latin to ...
From Latin to Old Romance Dieter Wanner. (1) non mi hanno detto niente ( different vowels) [mi an:o] - [m^ an:o] - [marno] formai <-----> normal (2) lei sj. interessa di tutto (same vowels) ?? [si in] - [si(:)n] - [sin] overprecise - formal - normal 2.
Dieter Wanner, 1987
5
Neural Network Learning and Expert Systems
Moreover we should be wary of restricting ourselves to overprecise models of biological systems. The easiest way to build airplanes uses wings based upon Bernoulli's principle, but the wings do not flap up and down. Another reason to avoid ...
Stephen I. Gallant, 1993
6
Essays in Jewish and Comparative Legal History
regards it as "overprecise". If these judgments are sound, then much modern legal drafting exhibits completomania, and it too is very formalistic and overprecise. Indeed, in some modern traditions these may be regarded as its leading ...
Bernard S. Jackson, 1975
7
The Hidden Order Of Art
We shouldexpect that,asin doing geometry or logic, intuitive scanning comesinto itsown only whenthe student learns to blot outhis overprecise visualizationandallows his attention toshift to lower mental levels.With geometric elements this ...
Anton Ehrenzweig, 2011
8
Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language ...
Y gives as one of his reasons for acceptance the 'fussily over-precise“ effect of saying I want only orange juice, failing to notice that it is not the overprecise language that is objectionable but the overprecise demand. The sentence I only want ...
Dwight Bolinger, 2014
9
The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers
But to call him a “secret” man is an indefensible foreshortening. I do not mean that the author should have used an overprecise sentence like “The man looked as if he had a secret”; to be overprecise here would be out of the emotional key.
Ayn Rand, 2000
10
The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee
There is often something guarded, wry, calculated, overprecise about his replies - as if language were simultaneously exact, compacted with meaning provided it is respected, and a useful protection against intrusion. Language, it seems, is ...
Stephen Bottoms, 2005

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERPRECISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overprecise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
In the battle over the Constitution, The Originalist emerges the winner
He has gotten all of Scalia – the stiff-legged walk (the justice is seventy-nine now), the sometimes overprecise articulation, done for effect; the ... «DC Theatre Scene, Mar 15»
2
truth on migration data
Taking the random nature of sampling into account, an overprecise headline might read: “255,000! Or 341,000 migrants in the year to ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
3
'The Heat' throws women into the buddy-cop mix
Or maybe it's just to get a break from listening to her overprecise pronunciation of Spanish words. In Boston, she immediately runs afoul of ... «USA TODAY, Jun 13»
4
Is our overconfidence our weakness or a force for good?
The next time one of your co-workers arrives late into the office, you can say they are overprecise. Who knows, they might take it as a ... «Metro, Jun 13»
5
Annals of quantitative overconfidence, Boeing edition
But Boeing persisted, and came up with some hilariously overprecise probability estimates. The batteries would only emit gas or smoke once ... «Reuters Blogs, Mar 13»
6
Influencing People
He's prickly, overprecise, condescending; he keeps wrong-footing her and then scolding her for not keeping up. Yet, even as he acts like a jerk, ... «New Yorker, Sep 10»
7
Assessing Bette Davis at 100
A drag queen's role model with florid gestures, poached-egg eyes and overprecise diction. No one talks about her versatility or the fact that ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Apr 08»

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