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overcommission

overcommission verb: to commission to an excessive extent.

Verb

overcommission (third-person singular simple present overcommissions, present participle overcommissioning, simple past and past participle overcommissioned)

  1. (uncommon) To commission to an excessive extent.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:overcommissioned.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:overcommissioning.

Forms of overcommission

third-person singular presentovercommissions
present participleovercommissioning
past participleovercommissioned
pastovercommissioned

Origin of overcommission

From over- + commission.

Words that rhyme with overcommission

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Questions about overcommission

What does overcommission mean?
Overcommission means to commission to an excessive extent.
What part of speech is overcommission?
Overcommission is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcommission?
The past tense of overcommission is overcommissioned.

Words near overcommission in the dictionary

  1. overcommercialization
  2. overcommercialize
  3. overcommercialized
  4. overcommercializes
  5. overcommercializing
  6. overcommission
  7. overcommissioned
  8. overcommissioning
  9. overcommit
  10. overcommital
  11. overcommitment

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