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oversearching

oversearching is the present participle and gerund of oversearch.

Meaning of oversearch

Verb

oversearch (third-person singular simple present oversearches, present participle oversearching, simple past and past participle oversearched)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To search all over.
    • To oversearch the fearful ocean1861, Robert Greene, George Peele, Alexander Dyce, The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele, page 89
  2. To search excessively.
    • But people undersearch far more than they oversearch: We tend to explore situations less thoroughly than our own goals recommend!1995, David Perkins, Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science of Learnable Intelligence

Questions about oversearching

What is oversearching the present participle and gerund of?
Oversearching is the present participle and gerund of oversearch.

Words near oversearching in the dictionary

  1. overseaming
  2. overseams
  3. oversearch
  4. oversearched
  5. oversearches
  6. oversearching
  7. overseas
  8. overseas cap
  9. overseas caps
  10. overseas Chinese
  11. overseas territories

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