OVERLEARN

Etymology

Verb

overlearn (third-person singular simple present overlearns, present participle overlearning, simple past and past participle overlearnt or overlearned)

To learn (something) more than is necessary; to study excessively, to take (something) too much to heart.

(psychology, education) To learn (something) to the point where responses become instinctive.

(modeling) 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.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

1 April 2025

ANYMORE

(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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