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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overexpress en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English express English overexpress From over- + express.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To artificially express (a gene) in increased quantity.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overexpressed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overexpressed Tense=Past lexicographic
overexpresses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overexpressing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

underexpress

Relateds

overexpression · overexpresser