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overstrive

overstrive verb: to strive excessively.

Verb

overstrive (third-person singular simple present overstrives, present participle overstriving, simple past overstrove, past participle overstriven)

  1. To strive excessively.

Forms of overstrive

third-person singular presentoverstrives
present participleoverstriving
pastoverstrove
past participleoverstriven

Origin of overstrive

From over- + strive.

Questions about overstrive

What does overstrive mean?
Overstrive means to strive excessively.
What part of speech is overstrive?
Overstrive is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstrive?
The past tense of overstrive is overstrove.

Words near overstrive in the dictionary

  1. overstriding
  2. overstrike
  3. overstrikes
  4. overstriking
  5. overstringent
  6. overstrive
  7. overstriven
  8. overstrives
  9. overstriving
  10. overstrode
  11. overstrong

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