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overplacing

overplacing is the present participle and gerund of overplace.

Meaning of overplace

Verb

overplace (third-person singular simple present overplaces, present participle overplacing, simple past and past participle overplaced)

  1. (transitive) To place too high in a ranking.
    • On average subjects overplace themselves by 0.44 ranks.2016 January 26, “Overconfidence and Career Choice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about overplacing

What is overplacing the present participle and gerund of?
Overplacing is the present participle and gerund of overplace.

Words near overplacing in the dictionary

  1. overplace
  2. overplaced
  3. overplacement
  4. overplacements
  5. overplaces
  6. overplacing
  7. overplaid
  8. overplaided
  9. overplaiding
  10. overplaids
  11. overplain

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