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overregularize en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + regularize.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To apply (a rule of language) too widely.
    • A child familiar with past tenses formed with "-ed" overregularizes by saying "goed" instead of "went".

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overregularizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overregularizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overregularized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overregularized Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

overregularization