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overteach

overteach verb: to teach too much.

Verb

overteach (third-person singular simple present overteaches, present participle overteaching, simple past and past participle overtaught)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To teach too much.
    • Geography is overtaught in my son's primary school.
    • By overteaching children, we prevent them from focusing on the topics that are important.

Forms of overteach

third-person singular presentoverteaches
present participleoverteaching
past participleovertaught
pastovertaught

Origin of overteach

From over- + teach.

Questions about overteach

What does overteach mean?
Overteach means to teach too much.
What part of speech is overteach?
Overteach is a verb.
What is the past tense of overteach?
The past tense of overteach is overtaught.

Words near overteach in the dictionary

  1. overtaxation
  2. overtaxations
  3. overtaxed
  4. overtaxes
  5. overtaxing
  6. overteach
  7. overteaches
  8. overteaching
  9. overtechnical
  10. overtechnicality
  11. overtedious

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