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overcommercialize en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + commercialize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make excessively commercial.
    • It was unwieldy, included a fatal bombing at Centennial Olympic Park and is largely considered the most overcommercialized Olympics in the history of the modern Games. 2007 July 15, “Chicago Gets Advice on How to Secure and Run a Successful Olympics”, in New York Times:

Forms

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overcommercializes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overcommercializing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcommercialized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcommercialized Tense=Past lexicographic