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overquotes

overquotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overquote.

Meaning of overquote

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

Questions about overquotes

What is overquotes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overquotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overquote.

Words near overquotes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overquotes (page history and authors); overquote (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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