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overtiming

overtiming is the present participle and gerund of overtime.

Meaning of overtime

Verb

overtime (third-person singular simple present overtimes, present participle overtiming, simple past and past participle overtimed)

  1. (transitive) To measure something incorrectly, as taking more time than it actually did.
    • With automatic timing, overtiming is virtually impossible. However, there are inherent inaccuracies in manual timing of telephone messages which, on the average, tend toward overtiming messages […]1948, Decisions of the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California

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Questions about overtiming

What is overtiming the present participle and gerund of?
Overtiming is the present participle and gerund of overtime.

Words near overtiming in the dictionary

  1. overtimed
  2. overtimer
  3. overtimers
  4. overtimes
  5. overtimidity
  6. overtiming
  7. overtimorous
  8. overtimorousness
  9. overtint
  10. overtinted
  11. overtinting

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