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overmeasure

overmeasure verb: to measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.

Verb

overmeasure (third-person singular simple present overmeasures, present participle overmeasuring, simple past and past participle overmeasured)

  1. To measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.

Noun

overmeasure (countable and uncountable, plural overmeasures)

  1. Excessive measure; surplus.

overmeasure meaning in Tamil

overmeasure in Tamil

பொலியளவு

Forms of overmeasure

Verb
third-person singular presentovermeasures
present participleovermeasuring
past participleovermeasured
pastovermeasured
Noun
pluralovermeasures

Origin of overmeasure

From over- + measure.

Questions about overmeasure

What does overmeasure mean?
Overmeasure means to measure or estimate with a result that is larger than it should be.
What is overmeasure in Tamil?
Overmeasure in Tamil is பொலியளவு. See Overmeasure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overmeasure?
Overmeasure can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overmeasure?
The past tense of overmeasure is overmeasured.

Words near overmeasure in the dictionary

  1. overmature
  2. overmatured
  3. overmaturity
  4. overmean
  5. overmeaningful
  6. overmeasure
  7. overmeasured
  8. overmeasurement
  9. overmeasurements
  10. overmeasures
  11. overmeasuring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overmeasure (page history and authors); overmeasure (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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