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overregularizes

overregularizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overregularize.

Meaning of overregularize

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".

Questions about overregularizes

What is overregularizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overregularizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overregularize.

Words near overregularizes in the dictionary

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

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