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overcommercialize

overcommercialize verb: to make excessively commercial.

Verb

overcommercialize (third-person singular simple present overcommercializes, present participle overcommercializing, simple past and past participle overcommercialized)

  1. (transitive) To make excessively commercial.
    • It was unwieldy, included a fatal bombing at Centennial Olympic Park and is largely considered the most overcommercialized Olympics in the history of the modern Games.2007 July 15, “Chicago Gets Advice on How to Secure and Run a Successful Olympics”, in New York Times

Forms of overcommercialize

third-person singular presentovercommercializes
present participleovercommercializing
past participleovercommercialized
pastovercommercialized

Origin of overcommercialize

From over- + commercialize.

Questions about overcommercialize

What does overcommercialize mean?
Overcommercialize means to make excessively commercial.
What part of speech is overcommercialize?
Overcommercialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcommercialize?
The past tense of overcommercialize is overcommercialized.

Words near overcommercialize in the dictionary

  1. overcommercialise
  2. overcommercialised
  3. overcommercialises
  4. overcommercialising
  5. overcommercialization
  6. overcommercialize
  7. overcommercialized
  8. overcommercializes
  9. overcommercializing
  10. overcommission
  11. overcommissioned

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