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overexplain

overexplain verb: to explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.

Verb

overexplain (third-person singular simple present overexplains, present participle overexplaining, simple past and past participle overexplained)

  1. (transitive) To explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.

Forms of overexplain

third-person singular presentoverexplains
present participleoverexplaining
past participleoverexplained
pastoverexplained

Origin of overexplain

From over- + explain.

Words formed from overexplain

Questions about overexplain

What does overexplain mean?
Overexplain means to explain at unnecessary length or in too much detail.
What part of speech is overexplain?
Overexplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overexplain?
The past tense of overexplain is overexplained.

Words near overexplain in the dictionary

  1. overexpecting
  2. overexpects
  3. overexpenditure
  4. overexpenditures
  5. overexpert
  6. overexplain
  7. overexplained
  8. overexplainer
  9. overexplainers
  10. overexplaining
  11. overexplains

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