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overaccelerating

overaccelerating is the present participle and gerund of overaccelerate.

Meaning of overaccelerate

Verb

overaccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To accelerate too much.
    • At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times

Questions about overaccelerating

What is overaccelerating the present participle and gerund of?
Overaccelerating is the present participle and gerund of overaccelerate.

Words near overaccelerating in the dictionary

  1. overabuses
  2. overabusing
  3. overaccelerate
  4. overaccelerated
  5. overaccelerates
  6. overaccelerating
  7. overacceleration
  8. overaccent
  9. overaccented
  10. overaccenting
  11. overaccents

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