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overcancel

overcancel verb: to cancel too many or too forcefully.

Verb

overcancel (third-person singular simple present overcancels, present participle (US) overcanceling or (UK) overcancelling, simple past and past participle (US) overcanceled or (UK) overcancelled)

  1. To cancel too many or too forcefully.
    • Note that there can still be feedback, however, if the gain is so high as to "overcancel" the input signal with the higher level output.1970, 1970, Amateur Radio - Volume 26, page 58
    • Don't overcancel our FDCs. Don't obliterate with felt-tipped markers.1995, The American philatelist - Volume 109, Issues 1-6, page 418

Forms of overcancel

third-person singular presentovercancels
present participle USovercanceling
present participle UKovercancelling
past participle USovercanceled
past USovercanceled
past participle UKovercancelled
past UKovercancelled

Origin of overcancel

From over- + cancel.

Words formed from overcancel

Questions about overcancel

What does overcancel mean?
Overcancel means to cancel too many or too forcefully.
What part of speech is overcancel?
Overcancel is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcancel?
The past tense of overcancel is overcanceled.

Words near overcancel in the dictionary

  1. overcaller
  2. overcallers
  3. overcalling
  4. overcalls
  5. overcame
  6. overcancel
  7. overcanceled
  8. overcanceling
  9. overcancellation
  10. overcancelled
  11. overcancelling

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