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oversizing

oversizing is the present participle and gerund of oversize.

Meaning of oversize

Verb

oversize (third-person singular simple present oversizes, present participle oversizing, simple past and past participle oversized)

  1. (transitive) To exceed in size.
  2. (transitive) To make larger, or too large.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To cover with size or gluey matter.
    • o'er-siz'd with coagulate gorec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Questions about oversizing

What is oversizing the present participle and gerund of?
Oversizing is the present participle and gerund of oversize.

Words near oversizing in the dictionary

  1. oversitting
  2. oversize
  3. oversized
  4. oversizedness
  5. oversizes
  6. oversizing
  7. overskate
  8. overskated
  9. overskates
  10. overskating
  11. overskeptical

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversizing (page history and authors); oversize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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