overfitting
ˌoʊvərˈfɪtɪŋ
Definition

Definition of overfitting - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mathematicsTECH.the phenomenon of a model fitting training data too closelyTECH.
  • Overfitting occurs when the model performs poorly on new data.
overlearning overtraining

Adjective

mathematicsTECH.describing a model fitting training data too closelyTECH.
  • The overfitting model performed poorly on new data.
overtrained
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Origin of overfitting

English, over (excessive) + fitting (fitting)

Terms with overfitting included in their meaning

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technology
training method that halts learning before overfitting appears on validation data
mathematics
method that adds squared weight penalty to training loss to reduce overfitting
machine learning
early stopping of tree growth to avoid overfitting

Examples of overfitting in a sentence

  • Overfitting was evident when the predictions were inaccurate.
  • An overfitting algorithm can mislead predictions.
  • The overfitting curve failed to generalize well.

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  1. French:surapprentissage, surajusté, ...
  2. German:Overfitting, überangepasst, ...
  3. Italian:overfitting, ...
  4. Spanish:sobreajuste, sobreajustado, ...
  5. Portuguese:sobreajuste, sobreajustado, ...
  6. Chinese:过拟合, 过拟合的, ...
  7. Japanese:過学習, 過適合な, ...
  8. Arabic:فَرْط التَكَيُّف, مُفرِط التكيُّف, ...
  9. Hebrew:הִתְאָמַת יֶתֶר, מוּתְאָם־מְדִי, ...
  10. Russian:переобучение, переобученный, ...
  11. Ukrainian:перенавчання, переобучений, ...
  12. Hindi:अधिक फिटिंग, ...
overfit
ˌoʊvərˈfɪt
overfitted

Definition of overfit - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.
mathematicsTECH.fit a model too closely to training dataTECH.
  • The model overfit the training data, failing on new inputs.
overtrain

Adjective

mathematicsTECH.fitting training data too closely, failing on new dataTECH.
  • The overfit model performed poorly on the test set.
overtrained
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Origin of overfit

English, over (excessive) + fit (suitable)

Examples of overfit in a sentence

  • Overfitting can lead to poor model performance.
  • The overfit algorithm struggled with new datasets.
  • An overfit curve doesn't generalize well to unseen data.

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  1. French:surajuster, surappris, ...
  2. German:überanpassen, überangepasst, ...
  3. Italian:adattare eccessivamente, sovradattato, ...
  4. Spanish:sobreajustar, sobreajustado, ...
  5. Portuguese:sobreajustar, sobreajustado, ...
  6. Chinese:过拟合, 过度拟合, ...
  7. Japanese:過剰適合する, 過適合の, ...
  8. Arabic:أَفرَطَ في مُلاءَمَة, مُفَرْط التَّكَيُّف, ...
  9. Hebrew:לְהַתְאִים יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה, מוּתָאַם יֶתֶר עַל הַמִּדָּה, ...
  10. Russian:переобучать, переобученный, ...
  11. Ukrainian:перенавчити, перенавчений, ...
  12. Hindi:अधिक फिट करना, अधिक फिट, ...
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