overlearn (English, verb)
expansion: overlearn (third-person singular simple present overlearns, present participle overlearning, simple past and past participle overlearned or overlearnt)
Senses:
glosses: To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart.
topics: education
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive.
qualifier: modeling
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: overlearns
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overlearning
tags: participle
present
form: overlearned
tags: participle
past
form: overlearned
tags: past
form: overlearnt
tags: participle
past
form: overlearnt
tags: past
form: over-learn
tags: alternative