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overattend

overattend verb: to attend too much; to pay too much attention (to).

Verb

overattend (third-person singular simple present overattends, present participle overattending, simple past and past participle overattended)

  1. (intransitive) To attend too much; to pay too much attention (to).

Forms of overattend

third-person singular presentoverattends
present participleoverattending
past participleoverattended
pastoverattended

Origin of overattend

From over- + attend.

Questions about overattend

What does overattend mean?
Overattend means to attend too much; to pay too much attention (to).
What part of speech is overattend?
Overattend is a verb.
What is the past tense of overattend?
The past tense of overattend is overattended.

Words near overattend in the dictionary

  1. overassured
  2. overate
  3. overated
  4. overattached
  5. overattachment
  6. overattend
  7. overattended
  8. overattending
  9. overattends
  10. overattention
  11. overattentions

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