Word: overfits
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
fits
Definition: Third-person singular of overfit. To use a statistical model that has too many parameters relative to the size of the sample leading to a good fit with the sample data but a poor fit with new data.
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: fit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Goodness of fit; make fit
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fit
Language: enm
Decoded: fit
Meaning: an adversary of equal power
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