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overcommitting

overcommitting is the present participle and gerund of overcommit.

Meaning of overcommit

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

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Questions about overcommitting

What is overcommitting the present participle and gerund of?
Overcommitting is the present participle and gerund of overcommit.

Words near overcommitting in the dictionary

  1. overcommits
  2. overcommittal
  3. overcommitted
  4. overcommitter
  5. overcommitters
  6. overcommitting
  7. overcommon
  8. overcommunicate
  9. overcommunicated
  10. overcommunicates
  11. overcommunicating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcommitting (page history and authors); overcommit (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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