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Meaning of "overreach" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERREACH

overreach  [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERREACH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overreach 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 overreach in English.

WHAT DOES OVERREACH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overreach in the English dictionary

The first definition of overreach in the dictionary is to defeat or thwart by attempting to do or gain too much. Other definition of overreach is to aim for but miss by going too far or attempting too much. Overreach is also to get the better of by trickery.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERREACH

PRESENT

Present
I overreach
you overreach
he/she/it overreaches
we overreach
you overreach
they overreach
Present continuous
I am overreaching
you are overreaching
he/she/it is overreaching
we are overreaching
you are overreaching
they are overreaching
Present perfect
I have overreached
you have overreached
he/she/it has overreached
we have overreached
you have overreached
they have overreached
Present perfect continuous
I have been overreaching
you have been overreaching
he/she/it has been overreaching
we have been overreaching
you have been overreaching
they have been overreaching
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 overreached
you overreached
he/she/it overreached
we overreached
you overreached
they overreached
Past continuous
I was overreaching
you were overreaching
he/she/it was overreaching
we were overreaching
you were overreaching
they were overreaching
Past perfect
I had overreached
you had overreached
he/she/it had overreached
we had overreached
you had overreached
they had overreached
Past perfect continuous
I had been overreaching
you had been overreaching
he/she/it had been overreaching
we had been overreaching
you had been overreaching
they had been overreaching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overreach
we let´s overreach
you overreach
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overreach
Past participle
overreached
Present Participle
overreaching
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 OVERREACH


areach
əˈriːtʃ
beach
biːtʃ
breach
briːtʃ
breech
briːtʃ
each
iːtʃ
forereach
fɔːˈriːtʃ
headreach
ˈhɛdˌriːtʃ
homescreetch
ˈhəʊmˌskriːtʃ
outpreach
ˌaʊtˈpriːtʃ
outreach
ˌaʊtˈriːtʃ
peach
piːtʃ
preach
priːtʃ
reach
riːtʃ
reech
riːtʃ
screech
skriːtʃ
speech
spiːtʃ
teach
tiːtʃ
unbreech
ʌnˈbriːtʃ
unpreach
ʌnˈpriːtʃ
upreach
ʌpˈriːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERREACH

overrank
overrash
overrashly
overrashness
overrate
overrated
overreacher
overreact
overreaction
overread
overreckon
overred
overrefine
overrefinement
overregulate
overregulation
overreliance
overreport
overrepresented
overrespond

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERREACH

anticipatory breach
Bondi Beach
cailleach
Daytona Beach
Eurobeach
global reach
impeach
leach
Long Beach
Miami Beach
Palm Beach
pebble beach
pleach
praiseach
raised beach
reteach
seabeach
shingle beach
Taoiseach
Virginia Beach

Synonyms and antonyms of overreach in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERREACH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «overreach» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of overreach

Translation of «overreach» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERREACH

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

Translator English - Chinese

过度扩张
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extralimitación
570 millions of speakers

English

overreach
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धोखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجاوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перенапряжение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overreach
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাগাল ধরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overreach
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Überreichweite
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オーバーリーチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지나쳐 가다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overreach
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lường gạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எட்டிப் பிடித்து இன்னும் மேலே செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरचर्च
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyunu aşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oltrepassare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przekroczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перенапруження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întindeți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τον σφετερισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanslaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överräck
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overvurder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overreach

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREACH»

The term «overreach» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREACH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overreach» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overreach» 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 overreach

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4 QUOTES WITH «OVERREACH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overreach.
1
William Rehnquist
It is always possible for the court to overreach its proper bounds and perhaps declare a lot of laws unconstitutional and frustrate the will of the majority in a way that it ought not be frustrated.
2
Chris Stewart
There is no better example of the overreach of government than in environmental law.
3
Tommy Thompson
There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.
4
Hans Zimmer
With animated film, you have to create the sonic world; there's nothing there. You get to color things in more and you're allowed to overreach yourself a little bit more, and it's great fun.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERREACH»

Discover the use of overreach in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overreach and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overreach: Leadership in the Obama Presidency
A presidential scholar argues that in President Obama's first two years in office, his policies failed because of his use of persuasion on the public instead of exploiting Democratic opportunities that already existed.
George C. Edwards, 2012
2
Overreach: Leadership in the Obama Presidency
How could this capable new president have difficulty attaining his goals? Did he lack tactical skills? In Overreach, respected presidential scholar George Edwards argues that the problem was strategic, not tactical.
George C. Edwards III, 2012
3
Breach of Trust
A trustee's ability to overreach the beneficial interests in land is subject to the restrictions defined in the Law of Property Act 1925, ss 2 (1)–(2), 27(2). In a typical case, these provisions allow overreaching only if the sale or mortgage proceeds ...
Peter Birks, Arianna Pretto, 2002
4
The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of ...
199. SIR. GILES. OVERREACH. [Philip Massinger, born at Salisbury, 1584 ; died in Loudon, March, 1039. Dramatist. Educated at Oxford. The historian. Hallam says: "Massinger as a tragic writer appears to me second only to Shakopeare ; iu  ...
Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon, 1893
5
The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ...
GILES. OVERREACH. [Philip Massinger, born at Salisbury, 1584 ; died in London, March', 1639. Dramatist. Educated at Oxford. Tin* historian Hallam says: "Massinger as a tragic writer appears to me second only to Shaks-peare ; in the higher ...
Casket, Charles Gibbon, 1874
6
The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best ...
OVERREACH OVERREACHED. By PHILIP MA8SINGER. (From "A New Way to pay Old Debts.") [Philip Massikqer, English dramatist, was baptized at St. Thomas ', Salisbury, November 24, 1583. He studied at Oxford, but quitted the university ...
Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Léon Vallée (i.e. Alexandre Léon), 1899
7
The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections ...
Enter Sin Giles Overreach, with distracted looks, driving in Marrall before him, with a box. Overreach — I shall sol fa you, rogue ! MarraU — Sir, for what cause Do you use me thus ? Overreach — Cause, slave ! why, I am angry, And thou a ...
Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, 1899
8
Massinger's A New Way to Pay Old Debts
only refuses any such security, but demands the restitution of his paternal property now in Overreach's hands. The usurer in a furious rage declares that this property became his by a legal transfer. Wellborn denies this, and when Overreach ...
Philip Massinger, 1893
9
The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections ...
Enter Sir Giles Overreach, with distracted looks, driving in Marrall before him, with a box. Overreach — I shall sol fa you, rogue ! Marrall — Sir, for what cause Do you use me thus ? Overreach — Cause, slave ! why, I am angry, And thou a ...
Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor, 1898
10
The School of Shakespeare: the Influence of Shakespeare on ...
This is more important, not only because the latter is Massinger's most considerable play, but because the error leads to misleading analogies between the characters of Shylock and Overreach. The issue is complicated by the claims of ...
David Leonard Frost, 1968

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERREACH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overreach is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Grabbing guns: Obama overreach?
There's a big difference between being unable to handle one's finances — a common plight for senior citizens — and posing genuine danger to ... «The Logan Banner, Jul 15»
2
Some overreach is OK?
Funny, but I don't recall seeing any objections to judicial overreach from Unus Vocate (July 16) when the U.S. Supreme Court halted the Florida ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
3
Support for Accountability May Limit Dodd-Frank Overreach
Just days after President Barack Obama was touting the supposed achievements of Dodd-Frank on its 5th birthday, a unanimous judicial panel ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
4
Team Obama claims Westchester is racist in latest overreach
Because the move is based on a technicality, and it actually says more about Team Obama's overreach than about anything the county has or ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
5
Overreach to say Jesus would support Obamacare: Letter
Millsaps College Professor Robert McElvaine seems to have the inside scoop on what Jesus would do on a variety of hot-button issues facing ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
6
SCOTUS' mercury decision probably won't end EPA overreach
Conservatives have spent the past month rejoicing over the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency failed to ... «R Street, Jul 15»
7
Grabbing guns from senior citizens: Obama overreach?
There's a big difference between being unable to handle one's finances - a common plight for senior citizens - and posing genuine danger to ... «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
8
Rep. Bennett joins in asking attorney general to fight EPA overreach
“This federal overreach could mean more burdensome and expensive EPA mandates resulting in higher costs and more red tape for our ... «Albert Lea Tribune, Jul 15»
9
FBI Overreach? Alexander Ciccolo And The Line Between Imagined …
This April 14, 2014 booking photo shows Alexander Ciccolo, after being charged with drunken driving. Authorities said Ciccolo, the son of a ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
10
John Hood: Real danger is overreach on rules
Juicy, sweet, somewhat tart, a little fuzzy, but oh, so good. These are just a few characteristics describing one of my favorite fruits, the peach. «Salisbury Post, Jul 15»

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