overcelebrating
overcelebrating is the present participle and gerund of overcelebrate.
Meaning of overcelebrate
Verb
overcelebrate (third-person singular simple present overcelebrates, present participle overcelebrating, simple past and past participle overcelebrated)
- To overindulge in activities that celebrate something; to party too hard.
- As you can see, I've overcelebrated the holidays.1989, No easy place to be, page 114
- To treat as more significant or praiseworthy than is deserved.
- According to Conradt (2001), The simple lesson to be learned from the whale trainers is to overcelebrate. Make a big deal out of the good and little stuff that we want consistently.2004, Marilyn L. Grady, 20 Biggest Mistakes Principals Make and How to Avoid Them, →ISBN, page 5
Questions about overcelebrating
- What is overcelebrating the present participle and gerund of?
- Overcelebrating is the present participle and gerund of overcelebrate.
Words near overcelebrating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcelebrating (page history and authors); overcelebrate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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