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overdirect

overdirect verb: to take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film).

Verb

overdirect (third-person singular simple present overdirects, present participle overdirecting, simple past and past participle overdirected)

  1. (transitive) To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film).
  2. To provide too much direction, to be too controlling.
    • They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.1946, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Cancer Research
    • When a meeting is either overdirected (Example A) or underdirected (Example B), you're in trouble.1982, Susan Dellinger, Communicating Effectively: A Complete Guide for Better Management, →ISBN

Forms of overdirect

third-person singular presentoverdirects
present participleoverdirecting
past participleoverdirected
pastoverdirected

Origin of overdirect

From over- + direct.

Questions about overdirect

What does overdirect mean?
Overdirect means to take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film).
What part of speech is overdirect?
Overdirect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdirect?
The past tense of overdirect is overdirected.

Words near overdirect in the dictionary

  1. overdilutes
  2. overdiluting
  3. overdilution
  4. overdilutions
  5. overdimensioned
  6. overdirect
  7. overdirected
  8. overdirecting
  9. overdirects
  10. overdischarge
  11. overdischarged

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