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overpronounce

overpronounce verb: to give an exaggerated pronunciation to.

Verb

overpronounce (third-person singular simple present overpronounces, present participle overpronouncing, simple past and past participle overpronounced)

  1. (transitive) To give an exaggerated pronunciation to.

Forms of overpronounce

third-person singular presentoverpronounces
present participleoverpronouncing
past participleoverpronounced
pastoverpronounced

Origin of overpronounce

From over- + pronounce.

Questions about overpronounce

What does overpronounce mean?
Overpronounce means to give an exaggerated pronunciation to.
What part of speech is overpronounce?
Overpronounce is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpronounce?
The past tense of overpronounce is overpronounced.

Words near overpronounce in the dictionary

  1. overpronation
  2. overpronator
  3. overpronators
  4. overprone
  5. overproneness
  6. overpronounce
  7. overpronounced
  8. overpronounces
  9. overpronouncing
  10. overpronunciation
  11. overpronunciations

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