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overcorrect

overcorrect verb: to correct too sharply or too much.

Verb

overcorrect (third-person singular simple present overcorrects, present participle overcorrecting, simple past and past participle overcorrected)

  1. To correct too sharply or too much
    • […] Ms. Goodman, who was driving, overcorrected after passing a slow-moving vehicle.2007 July 5, Michelle York, “Alcohol Not a Factor in S.U.V. Crash That Killed 5 Friends”, in New York Times

Forms of overcorrect

third-person singular presentovercorrects
present participleovercorrecting
past participleovercorrected
pastovercorrected

Origin of overcorrect

From over- + correct.

Words formed from overcorrect

Questions about overcorrect

What does overcorrect mean?
Overcorrect means to correct too sharply or too much.
What part of speech is overcorrect?
Overcorrect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcorrect?
The past tense of overcorrect is overcorrected.

Words near overcorrect in the dictionary

  1. overcoordinate
  2. overcoordinated
  3. overcoordination
  4. overcopious
  5. overcopiously
  6. overcorrect
  7. overcorrected
  8. overcorrecting
  9. overcorrection
  10. overcorrections
  11. overcorrector

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