Word: oversamples
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
sam
ples
Definition: Third-person singular of oversample. To sample additional members of a subpopulation, above and beyond the members included in the main sample.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: sample
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs