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overcommit

overcommit verb: to make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable.

Verb

overcommit (third-person singular simple present overcommits, present participle overcommitting, simple past and past participle overcommitted)

  1. To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
    • Don't overcommit yourself this month.
    Synonyms:
    overpromise

Noun

overcommit (usually uncountable, plural overcommits)

  1. (usually) Allocation of more resources than are actually available.

Synonyms of overcommit

Antonyms

Forms of overcommit

Verb
third-person singular presentovercommits
present participleovercommitting
past participleovercommitted
pastovercommitted
Noun
pluralovercommits

Origin of overcommit

From over- + commit.

Questions about overcommit

What does overcommit mean?
Overcommit means to make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable.
What part of speech is overcommit?
Overcommit can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overcommit?
The past tense of overcommit is overcommitted.

Words near overcommit in the dictionary

  1. overcommercializes
  2. overcommercializing
  3. overcommission
  4. overcommissioned
  5. overcommissioning
  6. overcommit
  7. overcommital
  8. overcommitment
  9. overcommitments
  10. overcommits
  11. overcommittal

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