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overextends

overextends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overextend.

Meaning of overextend

Verb

overextend (third-person singular simple present overextends, present participle overextending, simple past and past participle overextended)

  1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
  2. (transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
  3. (transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

Questions about overextends

What is overextends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overextends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overextend.

Words near overextends in the dictionary

  1. overextend
  2. overextended
  3. overextender
  4. overextenders
  5. overextending
  6. overextends
  7. overextension
  8. overextensions
  9. overextensive
  10. overextention
  11. overextraction

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