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overaspire

overaspire verb: to aspire too much; to be overambitious.

Verb

overaspire (third-person singular simple present overaspires, present participle overaspiring, simple past and past participle overaspired)

  1. To aspire too much; to be overambitious.

Forms of overaspire

third-person singular presentoveraspires
present participleoveraspiring
past participleoveraspired
pastoveraspired

Origin of overaspire

From over- + aspire.

Questions about overaspire

What does overaspire mean?
Overaspire means to aspire too much; to be overambitious.
What part of speech is overaspire?
Overaspire is a verb.
What is the past tense of overaspire?
The past tense of overaspire is overaspired.

Words near overaspire in the dictionary

  1. overaspirated
  2. overaspirates
  3. overaspirating
  4. overaspiration
  5. overaspirations
  6. overaspire
  7. overaspired
  8. overaspires
  9. overaspiring
  10. overassemble
  11. overassembled

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