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overpublish

overpublish verb: to publish excessively.

Verb

overpublish (third-person singular simple present overpublishes, present participle overpublishing, simple past and past participle overpublished)

  1. (transitive) To publish excessively.
    • We don't overpublish them, we don't oversell them, we do all the things that take a person from here and move them there after five to seven years, as opposed to being here and having no place to go.1997, Kenneth A. Marantz, Sylvia S. Marantz, Creating Picturebooks
    • In my humble opinion, the publishing business continues to overpublish. Too many books are published.2014, Jeff Herman, Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents - Page 250

Forms of overpublish

third-person singular presentoverpublishes
present participleoverpublishing
past participleoverpublished
pastoverpublished

Origin of overpublish

From over- + publish.

Questions about overpublish

What does overpublish mean?
Overpublish means to publish excessively.
What part of speech is overpublish?
Overpublish is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpublish?
The past tense of overpublish is overpublished.

Words near overpublish in the dictionary

  1. overpublicity
  2. overpublicize
  3. overpublicized
  4. overpublicizes
  5. overpublicizing
  6. overpublish
  7. overpull
  8. overpulled
  9. overpulling
  10. overpulls
  11. overpulse

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