oversends
oversends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of oversend.
Meaning of oversend
Verb
oversend (third-person singular simple present oversends, present participle oversending, simple past and past participle oversent)
- To send an amount greater than what is required; to oversupply.
- Yes; and unfortunately sometimes we overorder, and sometimes they oversend, and much of it is thrown away.1944, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, War Bond Government Newspaper Advertising
- To send (a message, etc.) to too many people.
- Don't oversend. That means don't send an e-mail announcement to everyone who may have once sent you an e-mail; it also means don't overburden those who are willingly on your e-mail list because they want relevant information. Oversending e-mails is the surest way to be ignored or find your way to...2010, Harriet Diamond, Linda Eve Diamond, Perfect Phrases for Writing Company Announcements
- To send over, transmit.
- DEAR SIR I do hereby oversend you my memorandum for fall goods and an other from Dr. C. Miller for Medicine.1815 July 21, Frederick Rapp, Letter to David Shields
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