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Explore Overfit through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Overfit meaning

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.

Using Overfit

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.

Context around Overfit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Overfit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

to be overfit to narrow 1× you can overfit even when 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

some systems may 1× you can overfit 1×

Common sentence endings:

to narrow tasks 1× your learning model 1×

Words around Overfit

Just before it in the word index:

overfishing 57 overfished 4 overfish 2 overfilling 3 overfilled 8 overfill 6

Just after it in the word index:

overfitting 3 overflight 29 overflights 36 overflow 296 overflowed 54 overflowing 187

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadvantage 4 aafa 4

Corpus analysis for Overfit

  • In this selection, "overfit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include to be overfit to narrow and you can overfit even when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overfit" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overfit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Some systems may perform well on a benchmark like Stanford’s SQuAD question and answering test, but appear to be overfit to narrow tasks. (24 words)

You can overfit even when there are no measurement errors (stochastic noise) if the function you are trying to learn is too complex for your learning model. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

You can overfit even when there are no measurement errors (stochastic noise) if the function you are trying to learn is too complex for your learning model. (27 words)

Some systems may perform well on a benchmark like Stanford’s SQuAD question and answering test, but appear to be overfit to narrow tasks. (24 words)

Example sentences (2)

Some systems may perform well on a benchmark like Stanford’s SQuAD question and answering test, but appear to be overfit to narrow tasks.

You can overfit even when there are no measurement errors (stochastic noise) if the function you are trying to learn is too complex for your learning model.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overfit" in a sentence?
An example: "Some systems may perform well on a benchmark like Stanford’s SQuAD question and answering test, but appear to be overfit to narrow tasks." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "overfit" from authentic English texts.
What does "overfit" mean?
Overfit means: 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.
How many example sentences with "overfit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "overfit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.