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overselect

overselect verb: to select (something) more than would be expected.

Verb

overselect (third-person singular simple present overselects, present participle overselecting, simple past and past participle overselected)

  1. (transitive) To select (something) more than would be expected.
    • In another study, Gianakos and Subich (1988) found a relationship of sex and sex-role orientation in the way both men and women choose a college major. In their study, women overselected the traditionally feminine-type areas of study.2015, Virginia N. Gordon, George E. Steele, The Undecided College Student

Forms of overselect

third-person singular presentoverselects
present participleoverselecting
past participleoverselected
pastoverselected

Origin of overselect

From over- + select.

Questions about overselect

What does overselect mean?
Overselect means to select (something) more than would be expected.
What part of speech is overselect?
Overselect is a verb.
What is the past tense of overselect?
The past tense of overselect is overselected.

Words near overselect in the dictionary

  1. overseethe
  2. oversegment
  3. oversegmentation
  4. oversegmentations
  5. oversegmented
  6. overselect
  7. overselected
  8. overselecting
  9. overselection
  10. overselective
  11. overselectivity

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