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oversense

oversense verb: to sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present.

Verb

oversense (third-person singular simple present oversenses, present participle oversensing, simple past and past participle oversensed)

  1. To sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present.

Forms of oversense

third-person singular presentoversenses
present participleoversensing
past participleoversensed
pastoversensed

Origin of oversense

From over- + sense.

Questions about oversense

What does oversense mean?
Oversense means to sense or detect too much, or more than is actually present.
What part of speech is oversense?
Oversense is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversense?
The past tense of oversense is oversensed.

Words near oversense in the dictionary

  1. oversensationalize
  2. oversensationalized
  3. oversensationalizes
  4. oversensationalizing
  5. oversensationally
  6. oversense
  7. oversensed
  8. oversenses
  9. oversensible
  10. oversensing
  11. oversensitive

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