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overreward

overreward verb: to reward excessively.

Verb

overreward (third-person singular simple present overrewards, present participle overrewarding, simple past and past participle overrewarded)

  1. (transitive) To reward excessively.

Forms of overreward

third-person singular presentoverrewards
present participleoverrewarding
past participleoverrewarded
pastoverrewarded

Origin of overreward

From over- + reward.

Questions about overreward

What does overreward mean?
Overreward means to reward excessively.
What part of speech is overreward?
Overreward is a verb.
What is the past tense of overreward?
The past tense of overreward is overrewarded.

Words near overreward in the dictionary

  1. overretention
  2. overrev
  3. overrevs
  4. overrevved
  5. overrevving
  6. overreward
  7. overrewarded
  8. overrewarding
  9. overrewards
  10. overrich
  11. overrichness

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