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overcollect

overcollect verb: to collect too much.

Verb

overcollect (third-person singular simple present overcollects, present participle overcollecting, simple past and past participle overcollected)

  1. To collect too much

Antonyms of overcollect

Forms of overcollect

third-person singular presentovercollects
present participleovercollecting
past participleovercollected
pastovercollected

Origin of overcollect

From over- + collect.

Questions about overcollect

What does overcollect mean?
Overcollect means to collect too much.
What part of speech is overcollect?
Overcollect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcollect?
The past tense of overcollect is overcollected.

Words near overcollect in the dictionary

  1. overcollateralization
  2. overcollateralize
  3. overcollateralized
  4. overcollateralizes
  5. overcollateralizing
  6. overcollect
  7. overcollection
  8. overcollections
  9. overcollectivization
  10. overcolor
  11. overcolored

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