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I want people to see that I'm a real person, I overreact, I cry, I'm emotional. If I come across as perfect and in control, that wouldn't be who I really am.
Tamara Ecclestone

Meaning of "overreact" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERREACT

overreact  [ˌəʊvərɪˈækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERREACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overreact 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 overreact in English.

WHAT DOES OVERREACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overreact in the English dictionary

The definition of overreact in the dictionary is to react excessively to something.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERREACT

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overreact
we let´s overreact
you overreact
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overreact
Past participle
overreacted
Present Participle
overreacting
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 OVERREACT


abreact
ˌæbrɪˈækt
coact
kəʊˈækt
coenact
ˌkəʊɪnˈækt
counteract
ˌkaʊntərˈækt
enact
ɪnˈækt
interact
ˌɪntərˈækt
misact
ˌmɪsˈækt
outact
ˌaʊtˈækt
overact
ˌəʊvərˈækt
preact
priːˈækt
preenact
ˌpriːɪnˈækt
re-act
riːˈækt
react
rɪˈækt
subact
sʌbˈækt
underact
ˌʌndərˈækt
underreact
ˌʌndəriːˈækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERREACT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERREACT

act
artifact
as a matter of fact
attract
before the fact
chain-react
compact
contact
contract
exact
extract
fact
impact
in the abstract
intact
matter of fact
pact
question of fact
tact
tract

Synonyms and antonyms of overreact in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERREACT»

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

Translation of «overreact» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERREACT

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

Translator English - Chinese

反应过激
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sobrerreaccionar
570 millions of speakers

English

overreact
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overreact
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

يبالغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

остро реагировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reagir com exagero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপর প্রতিক্রিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réagir de façon excessive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überreagieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過剰反応する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과민 반응을 보이다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overreact
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản ứng thái quá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அளவுக்கு அதிகமாகச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overreact
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşırı tepki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reagire in modo esagerato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

radykalnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гостро реагувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exagerat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overreact
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorreageer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reagera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reagere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overreact

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREACT»

The term «overreact» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.595 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERREACT» OVER TIME

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

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «OVERREACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overreact.
1
Tamara Ecclestone
I want people to see that I'm a real person, I overreact, I cry, I'm emotional. If I come across as perfect and in control, that wouldn't be who I really am.
2
Darrell Issa
I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and overreact.
3
Jerry Saltz
In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERREACT»

Discover the use of overreact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overreact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Behavioral Finance
9. Does. the. Stock. Market. Overreact? WERNER F. M. De BONDT and RICHARD H. THALER As economists interested in both market behavior and the psychology of individual decision making, we have been struck by the similarity of two ...
Richard H. Thaler, 1993
2
Help! We Need Christian Values: Directions for Parents, ...
We do not always solve problems with reactive thinking or even worse; we overreact about the severity of the problem. It is ACTIVE thinking that will lead to problem solving – to ACTION! Sometimes we will see things, look at people's ...
Johann Debeer, 2006
3
Quasi Rational Economics
It has long been part of the conventional wisdom on Wall Street that financial markets "overreact. " Both casual observation and academic research support this view. The October crashes of 1987 and 1989 reinforce the research by Shiller and ...
Richard H. Thaler, 1994
4
For Women Only in the Workplace: What You Need to Know About ...
When men I surveyed brought up the “don't overreact” issue as an example of how women sabotage the way men perceive them, remarks ranged from, "Get overly upset when someone disagrees with them" to “Take suggestions of how to  ...
Shaunti Feldhahn, 2011
5
The Male Factor: The Unwritten Rules, Misperceptions, and ...
When I asked the survey-takers what women might do to undermine their perception with men, many male survey-takers used their space to address the “ don't overreact” issue. Their answers included everything from “Get overly upset when ...
Shaunti Feldhahn, 2009
6
Stop Overreacting: Effective Strategies for Calming Your ...
You'll learn how to neutralize overwhelming emotions and choose healthy responses instead of flying off the handle. Ready to make a change for the better? It's time to stop overreacting and start feeling collected and in control.
Judith Siegel, 2010
7
The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick - And ...
VVhat's causing our immune systems to overreact like this? It gets worse, because, as with allergies, the rates of asthma are skyrocketing. According to Dr. Robert Wood in Food Allergies for Dummies, "Reliable asthma studies show at least a ...
Robyn O'Brien, Rachel Kranz, 2009
8
The Controlling Husband: What Every Woman Needs to Know
So, why domen overreact? Inmy experience, men generally overreact more outof a sense of helplessness than anything else. Something happens —maybe the remote control for the TV gets lost (you know that a man will move heaven and ...
Dr. Ron Welch, 2014
9
Policing Terrorism: An Executive's Guide
It is, however, possible to overreact in managing a disaster scene and its aftermath. Don't overreact. All airplane traffic was halted far too late in the 9/11 attack, probably when it was no longer necessary, thereby contributing to the crisis rather ...
Graeme R. Newman, R. V. G. Clarke, 2010
10
PFIN 3
One likely explanation is that the average equity investor is just too emotional and tends to overreact to financial market developments. Consider how investors tend to overreact. It's well known that when the stock market advances, many ...
Lawrence Gitman, Michael Joehnk, Randall Billingsley, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERREACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overreact is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The going gets tough for value managers
An underlying theme is that markets overreact. They tend to become over-exuberant with stocks that outperform and excessively negative when ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
With China's oil rig back in the South China Sea, what's Vietnam's …
Yet it is unlikely that Vietnam will overreact to this provocation. They have no immediate reason to do so and are accustomed to Chinese ... «East Asia Forum, Jul 15»
3
Barcelona 1-3 Manchester United, post-match reaction: 3 things we …
Please don't overreact, it's preseason. The "it's preseason!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" excuse can be annoying sometimes, but this was clearly the case. United ... «Barca Blaugranes, Jul 15»
4
U.S. team came out flat and paid for it
U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati, in a hallway under the PPL stands, made it clear afterward that he wasn't going to overreact to ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
5
IBM's Watson Can Detect the Attitude in Your Writing
Have you ever received an e-mail that sounds snarky and overreact because you're reading the undertones between the lines? Or has anyone ... «Top Tech News, Jul 15»
6
Road Ahead: Little at stake as Uber takes on tiny local taxi industry
... among the choices residents make to get around. So don't overreact. Jeff Outhit can be reached at 519-895-5642 or jouthit@therecord.com . «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
7
The Cubs Have Fallen Out of the 2nd Wild Card Spot
It is not time to overreact, but after the Giants have gone 9-1 in their past 10 games, they have passed up the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card ... «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
8
Planning Ahead for 2024 and Other Stuff
This means that if you are going to react or overreact to every shot you find less than amazing, it makes it very hard on the child. Watch your ... «Southern Pines Pilot, Jul 15»
9
Did Sarasota emergency responders overreact to Wednesday's …
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The road outside Sarasota Memorial Hospital shut down for hours, all because of a birdhouse on the sidewalk. Some locals ... «WWSB ABC 7, Jul 15»
10
STEVE & COKIE ROBERTS: Don't help the terrorists
#But don't overreact. Don't vilify the entire Muslim community because of a few monsters. And don't serve the terrorists' purpose by inflating ... «The Albany Herald, Jul 15»

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