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overregularize

overregularize verb: to apply (a rule of language) too widely.

Verb

overregularize (third-person singular simple present overregularizes, present participle overregularizing, simple past and past participle overregularized)

  1. (intransitive) To apply (a rule of language) too widely.
    • A child familiar with past tenses formed with "-ed" overregularizes by saying "goed" instead of "went".

Forms of overregularize

third-person singular presentoverregularizes
present participleoverregularizing
past participleoverregularized
pastoverregularized

Origin of overregularize

From over- + regularize.

Questions about overregularize

What does overregularize mean?
Overregularize means to apply (a rule of language) too widely.
What part of speech is overregularize?
Overregularize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overregularize?
The past tense of overregularize is overregularized.

Words near overregularize in the dictionary

  1. overregimented
  2. overregular
  3. overregularity
  4. overregularization
  5. overregularizations
  6. overregularize
  7. overregularized
  8. overregularizes
  9. overregularizing
  10. overregulate
  11. overregulated

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