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overregularizing

overregularizing is the present participle and gerund 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 overregularizing

What is overregularizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overregularizing is the present participle and gerund of overregularize.

Words near overregularizing in the dictionary

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

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