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overquote

overquote verb: to give a quotation (price estimate) that is too high.

Verb

overquote (third-person singular simple present overquotes, present participle overquoting, simple past and past participle overquoted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To give a quotation (price estimate) that is too high.
    Antonyms:
    underquote
  2. (ambitransitive) To quote too much.
    • a student who overquotes the works of Shakespeare

Antonyms of overquote

Forms of overquote

third-person singular presentoverquotes
present participleoverquoting
past participleoverquoted
pastoverquoted

Origin of overquote

From over- + quote.

Questions about overquote

What does overquote mean?
Overquote means to give a quotation (price estimate) that is too high.
What part of speech is overquote?
Overquote is a verb.
What is the past tense of overquote?
The past tense of overquote is overquoted.

Words near overquote in the dictionary

  1. overquiet
  2. overquietly
  3. overquietness
  4. overquotation
  5. overquotations
  6. overquote
  7. overquoted
  8. overquotes
  9. overquoting
  10. overrace
  11. overraced

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