overconstruct
overconstruct verb: to place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.
Verb
overconstruct (third-person singular simple present overconstructs, present participle overconstructing, simple past and past participle overconstructed)
- To place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.
- The first is a caveat against the tendency to overconstruct a link between patterns of urban dwelling and cultural practices in South Africa.1996, Veit Erlmann, Nightsong: Performance, Power, and Practice in South Africa, page 119
- Very often theorists are prone to overconstruct facts, that is to endow them with greater meaning than is warranted by the observations.2012, Fritz Zwicky, Morphological Astronomy, page 26
Forms of overconstruct
| third-person singular present | overconstructs |
|---|---|
| present participle | overconstructing |
| past participle | overconstructed |
| past | overconstructed |
Origin of overconstruct
From over- + construct.
Questions about overconstruct
- What does overconstruct mean?
- Overconstruct means to place too great a construction upon; to exaggerate.
- What part of speech is overconstruct?
- Overconstruct is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overconstruct?
- The past tense of overconstruct is overconstructed.
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