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overstages

overstages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overstage.

Meaning of overstage

Verb

overstage (third-person singular simple present overstages, present participle overstaging, simple past and past participle overstaged)

  1. To overestimate the severity of a patient's illness.
    Antonyms:
    understage

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Questions about overstages

What is overstages the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overstages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overstage.

Words near overstages in the dictionary

  1. overstaffed
  2. overstaffing
  3. overstaffs
  4. overstage
  5. overstaged
  6. overstages
  7. overstaging
  8. overstaid
  9. overstain
  10. overstained
  11. overstaining

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overstages (page history and authors); overstage (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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