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OVERSPECIALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overspecialize mean?
• OVERSPECIALIZE (verb)
The verb OVERSPECIALIZE has 1 sense:
1. become overly specialized
Familiarity information: OVERSPECIALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they overspecialize ... he / she / it overspecializes
Past simple: overspecialized
Past participle: overspecialized
-ing form: overspecializing
... he / she / it overspecializes Past simple: overspecialized
Past participle: overspecialized
-ing form: overspecializing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become overly specialized
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
overspecialise; overspecialize
Context example:
She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian
Hypernyms (to "overspecialize" is one way to...):
narrow; narrow down; specialise; specialize (become more focused on an area of activity or field of study)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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