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overexplaining

overexplaining is the present participle and gerund of overexplain.

Meaning of overexplain

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.

Questions about overexplaining

What is overexplaining the present participle and gerund of?
Overexplaining is the present participle and gerund of overexplain.

Words near overexplaining in the dictionary

  1. overexpert
  2. overexplain
  3. overexplained
  4. overexplainer
  5. overexplainers
  6. overexplaining
  7. overexplains
  8. overexplanation
  9. overexplanations
  10. overexplanatory
  11. overexplicit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overexplaining (page history and authors); overexplain (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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