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Meaning of "overcorrect" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCORRECT

overcorrect  [ˌəʊvəkəˈrɛkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCORRECT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcorrect is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overcorrect in English.

WHAT DOES OVERCORRECT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overcorrect in the English dictionary

The definition of overcorrect in the dictionary is to correct excessively.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERCORRECT

PRESENT

Present
I overcorrect
you overcorrect
he/she/it overcorrects
we overcorrect
you overcorrect
they overcorrect
Present continuous
I am overcorrecting
you are overcorrecting
he/she/it is overcorrecting
we are overcorrecting
you are overcorrecting
they are overcorrecting
Present perfect
I have overcorrected
you have overcorrected
he/she/it has overcorrected
we have overcorrected
you have overcorrected
they have overcorrected
Present perfect continuous
I have been overcorrecting
you have been overcorrecting
he/she/it has been overcorrecting
we have been overcorrecting
you have been overcorrecting
they have been overcorrecting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overcorrected
you overcorrected
he/she/it overcorrected
we overcorrected
you overcorrected
they overcorrected
Past continuous
I was overcorrecting
you were overcorrecting
he/she/it was overcorrecting
we were overcorrecting
you were overcorrecting
they were overcorrecting
Past perfect
I had overcorrected
you had overcorrected
he/she/it had overcorrected
we had overcorrected
you had overcorrected
they had overcorrected
Past perfect continuous
I had been overcorrecting
you had been overcorrecting
he/she/it had been overcorrecting
we had been overcorrecting
you had been overcorrecting
they had been overcorrecting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overcorrect
you will overcorrect
he/she/it will overcorrect
we will overcorrect
you will overcorrect
they will overcorrect
Future continuous
I will be overcorrecting
you will be overcorrecting
he/she/it will be overcorrecting
we will be overcorrecting
you will be overcorrecting
they will be overcorrecting
Future perfect
I will have overcorrected
you will have overcorrected
he/she/it will have overcorrected
we will have overcorrected
you will have overcorrected
they will have overcorrected
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overcorrecting
you will have been overcorrecting
he/she/it will have been overcorrecting
we will have been overcorrecting
you will have been overcorrecting
they will have been overcorrecting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overcorrect
you would overcorrect
he/she/it would overcorrect
we would overcorrect
you would overcorrect
they would overcorrect
Conditional continuous
I would be overcorrecting
you would be overcorrecting
he/she/it would be overcorrecting
we would be overcorrecting
you would be overcorrecting
they would be overcorrecting
Conditional perfect
I would have overcorrect
you would have overcorrect
he/she/it would have overcorrect
we would have overcorrect
you would have overcorrect
they would have overcorrect
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overcorrecting
you would have been overcorrecting
he/she/it would have been overcorrecting
we would have been overcorrecting
you would have been overcorrecting
they would have been overcorrecting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overcorrect
we let´s overcorrect
you overcorrect
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overcorrect
Past participle
overcorrected
Present Participle
overcorrecting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCORRECT


codirect
ˌkəʊdaɪˈrɛkt
correct
kəˈrɛkt
direct
dɪˈrɛkt
erect
ɪˈrɛkt
hypercorrect
ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛkt
incorrect
ˌɪnkəˈrɛkt
indirect
ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt
misdirect
ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt
porrect
pəˈrɛkt
preerect
ˌpriːɪˈrɛkt
re-erect
ˌriːɪˈrɛkt
redirect
ˌriːdɪˈrɛkt
resurrect
ˌrɛzəˈrɛkt
semierect
ˌsɛmɪɪˈrɛkt
shipwrecked
ˈʃɪprɛkt
unrecked
ʌnˈrɛkt
wrecked
rɛkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCORRECT

overcomplex
overcompliance
overcomplicate
overcompress
overconcern
overconfidence
overconfident
overconfidently
overconscious
overconsume
overconsumption
overcontrol
overcontrolled
overcontrolling
overcook
overcool
overcorrection
overcount
overcover
overcoy

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCORRECT

arrect
aspect
coerect
collect
connect
effect
expect
miscorrect
object
overdirect
perfect
politically correct
politically incorrect
project
protect
rect
respect
select
suberect
subject

Synonyms and antonyms of overcorrect in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overcorrect» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCORRECT

Find out the translation of overcorrect to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overcorrect from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overcorrect» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

矫枉过正
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overcorrect
570 millions of speakers

English

overcorrect
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overcorrect
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overcorrect
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overcorrect
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overcorrect
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overcorrect
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surcorriger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überkorrigieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過剰修正
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과잉 수정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcorrect
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overcorrect
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overcorrect
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिक्रमण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overcorrect
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overcorrect
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overcorrect
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overcorrect
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overcorrect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overcorrect
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overcorrect
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overcorrect
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overcorrect
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcorrect

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCORRECT»

The term «overcorrect» is used very little and occupies the 152.756 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCORRECT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overcorrect» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overcorrect» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overcorrect

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCORRECT»

Discover the use of overcorrect in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcorrect and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Healthy Back: Reference to Go: 50 Simple Techniques for a ...
Slouch. Stretch. with. Overcorrect. (FIG.1) • Sit comfortably in a straight-backed chair, with your feet flat on the floor. Hands are resting on your thighs. • Allow your upper body to slouch so that your back rounds. • Face forward; don't let your chin ...
Olivia H. Miller, 2010
2
The Western Osteopath
One tells us, "Overcorrect refractive errors. Give the patient just as strong glasses as he can be forced to take. If you make him near-sighted so much the better for him." The other group claims that it is better to err by undercorrecting a little than ...
‎1922
3
Manual of Contact Lens Prescribing and Fitting
To compensate for the induced magnification of contact lenses for monocular aphakia, one could overcorrect in the contact lens and then utilize a minus- powered spectacle lens to minify the image and compensate for the overcorrection.
Milton M. Hom, Adrian S. Bruce, 2006
4
Proceedings: ... Annual Research Conference
... contrary to the trend observed for the other population types. For the CONCAVE and NON-RATIO type populations, the correction factors tend to overcorrect slightly. The overcorrection is more pronounced when the nonresponse rate is high.
‎1992
5
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and ...
Therefore, you must become fully practiced in what I call the slouch -overcorrect procedure. Once you have achieved this, you must learn how to maintain a lordosis in the lower back while sitting for long periods. How to Form a Lordosis You ...
Robin McKenzie, 2001
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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: The Official ...
We will all agree with what Dr. Freiberg has just said, “A club-foot is cured when the patient can voluntarily overcorrect his foot in the pronated position.” To my mind the chief obstacle to overcorrection is an inverted os calcis, and as this bone is ...
‎1921
7
Journal of Orthopedic Surgery
We will all agree with what Dr. Freiberg has just said, "A club-foot is cured when the patient can voluntarily overcorrect his foot in the pronated position." To my mind the chief obstacle to overcorrection is an inverted os calcis, and as this bone is ...
‎1921
8
The Journal of Orthopædic Surgery
We will all agree with what Dr. Freiberg has just said, "A club-foot is cured when the patient can voluntarily overcorrect his foot in the pronated position." To my mind the chief obstacle to overcorrection is an inverted os calcis, and as this bone is ...
‎1921
9
PACES for the MRCP: with 250 Clinical Cases
A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and primary respiratory acidosis may have a raised bicarbonate but this metabolic compensation will not overcorrect the pH to produce alkalosis. A patient with primary metabolic acidosis  ...
Tim Hall, 2013
10
You Have to Go to School...You're the Teacher!: 300+ ...
DON'T. OVERCORRECT. The previous strategy is one we don't want to abuse. If we keep correcting every grammatical error, then students learn to correct none. That is why I will just tackle ...
Renee Rosenblum-Lowden, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCORRECT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcorrect is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Slick Conditions Sends Truck Tumbling Over Deerfield Bridge
BSO said the man lost control of his Nissan pickup and tried to overcorrect due to rainy conditions, but went over the rail of the bridge at 1800 E. «CBS Local, Jul 15»
2
Can-Am Spyder F3-S: A strange (but not dull) ride
... first generation of trikes to fix an allegedly sluggish steering response that could consequently cause riders to overcorrect. The steering of the ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
3
Hit, run driver faces bevy of charges related to chase
Here, another deputy took the lead and performed two PIT maneuvers on Ledford's truck, causing Ledford to overcorrect, lose control and ... «Newnan Times-Herald, Jul 15»
4
GOLF: Looks deceiving for Jurupa Hills No.7
Go too far right, and you're in the trees, and because the tree line is the length of the hole, you can't simply overcorrect – they're going to be a ... «Press-Enterprise, Jul 15»
5
Jackson County Sheriff's Department Accident Report
... when he reportedly fell asleep and the vehicle entered the opposite ditch and rolled down an embankment after attempting to overcorrect. «La Crosse Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Is the patent system self correcting, or are we going too far?
... yeah, I do have a concern that we got so worked up about how bad the patent system is that sometimes you overcorrect. And that's your point. «IPWatchdog.com, Jul 15»
7
Fatal crash described in death by dangerous driving trial
“It wouldn't necessarily be an act of dangerous driving to overcorrect, ... Mr Cherrill said: “A lot of people would be likely to overcorrect if they got ... «Crawley Observer, Jul 15»
8
Merz Pharma Canada Announces the Approval of Radiesse® (+ …
Do not overcorrect (overfill) a contour deficiency with RADIESSE (+) because the depression should gradually improve within several weeks as ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
9
The Bicycle and the Ride to Modern America
Learning to ride a bicycle, then, may be less a matter of taking charge than of letting go, of suppressing the impulse to overcorrect the bicycle's ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
Top strategic takeaways from IRCE 2015
E-commerce retailers need to overcorrect for that anxiety, and show how they stand behind the product. So smart e-commerce retailers are ... «InternetRetailer.com, Jul 15»

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