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overextend en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From over- + extend.

Meanings

  1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
  2. (transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
  3. (transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overextending Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overextends Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overextended Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overextended Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

overextended

Translations (8)

pl przesadzać (to expand or extend to an excessive degree) · pl przesadzić (to expand or extend to an excessive degree) · hu túlerőltet (to expand or extend to an excessive degree) · pl włączać zbyt wiele (to apply (a term) to too many referents) · pl przeciągać pozycję (to push a pawn too far) · pl przeciągnąć pozycję (to push a pawn too far) · pl włączyć zbyt wiele (to apply (a term) to too many referents) · hu túlhajt (to expand or extend to an excessive degree)