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OVEREXTEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overextend mean?
• OVEREXTEND (verb)
The verb OVEREXTEND has 1 sense:
1. strain excessively
Familiarity information: OVEREXTEND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they overextend ... he / she / it overextends
Past simple: overextended
Past participle: overextended
-ing form: overextending
... he / she / it overextends Past simple: overextended
Past participle: overextended
-ing form: overextending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strain excessively
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
overextend; overstrain
Context example:
He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment
Hypernyms (to "overextend" is one way to...):
extend; strain (use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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