overcommunicate en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + communicate.
Meanings
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To communicate too much.
“You have to overcommunicate to an incredible degree,” Dr. Priest said, “because we still get questions on things that I think, ‘This was well-known 18 months ago.’
2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, quoting David Priest, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:So I think I’ve learned to overcommunicate in a way that I never did before.
, Adam Bryant, quoting Deborah Dunsire, “Stepping Out of the Sandbox”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcommunicating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcommunicates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcommunicated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcommunicated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |