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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERSPECIALISE

overspecialise  [ˌəʊvəˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERSPECIALISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overspecialise 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 overspecialise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERSPECIALISE

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overspecialise
we let´s overspecialise
you overspecialise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overspecialise
Past participle
overspecialised
Present Participle
overspecialising
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 OVERSPECIALISE


artificialise
ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃəˌlaɪz
artificialize
ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃəˌlaɪz
commercialize
kəˈmɜːʃəˌlaɪz
deracialize
diːˈreɪʃəˌlaɪz
dissocialize
dɪsˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
essentialise
ɪˈsɛnʃəˌlaɪz
essentialize
ɪˈsenʃəˌlaɪz
initialize
ɪˈnɪʃəˌlaɪz
overspecialize
ˌəʊvəˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz
provincialize
prəˈvɪnʃəˌlaɪz
racialize
ˈreɪʃəˌlaɪz
resocialise
riːˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
resocialize
riːˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
socialise
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
socialize
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
specialize
ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz
subspecialise
sʌbˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz
subspecialize
ˈsʌbspeʃəˌlaɪz
substantialise
səbˈstænʃəˌlaɪz
superficialize
ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERSPECIALISE

oversoak
oversoft
oversold
oversolicitous
oversoon
oversoul
oversow
overspecialize
overspeculate
overspeculation
overspend
overspender
overspending
overspent
overspice
overspill
overspill town
overspilt
overspin
overspread

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERSPECIALISE

actualise
banalise
centralise
contextualise
equalise
finalise
focalise
generalise
industrialise
legalise
materialise
Molise
mutualise
nationalise
normalise
penalise
radicalise
realise
scandalise
totalise
valise

Synonyms and antonyms of overspecialise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overspecialise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERSPECIALISE

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

Translator English - Chinese

过于专业化,
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overspecialise
570 millions of speakers

English

overspecialise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overspecialise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overspecialise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overspecialise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overspecialise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overspecialise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overspecialise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overspecialise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overspecialise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overspecialise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overspecialise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overspecialise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overspecialise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overspecialise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधिक स्पेशलाइज्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overspecialise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overspecialise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overspecialise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overspecialise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overspecialise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overspecialise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overspecialise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overspecialise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overspecialise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overspecialise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERSPECIALISE»

The term «overspecialise» is used very little and occupies the 183.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overspecialise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERSPECIALISE»

Discover the use of overspecialise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overspecialise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Creative Regions: Technology, Culture and Knowledge ...
8 T h e k n o w l e d g e – s p a c e d y n amic i ntheBritish b i o t e c h n o logyindustry: f unction,re l a ti o n,a n d a ssociation KeanBirc h Overspecialise and you breed in weakness. Major Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell (1995) I n t r o d u c t i o n ...
Philip Cooke, Dafna Schwartz, 2008
2
Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Economics
foreign suppliers, thereby reducing the competitiveness of domestic firms that overspecialise. • Cost – Firms that employ workers with highly specialised skills tend to face very high salary demands. For example, Forbes magazine estimates  ...
Margaret Ducie, Paul Hoang, 2013
3
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IV: ...
So a co-evolutionary GA will converge and overspecialise to only one strategy for the game being learned. This generalises poorly, and is naively vulnerable to novel strategies not in the converged population [3]. To overcome this problem, ...
Werner Ebeling, Hans-Michael Voigt, 1996
4
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
This isn't as bad as it sounds, but it's symptomatic of the tendency for actors to overspecialise. A proper training for actors would teach all types of transaction. Some problems: there are students who will report no change of sensation when  ...
Keith Johnstone, 2012
5
AS/A2 Geography Contemporary Case Studies: Food and Famine
Challenges:successwithGM cropsrequires access torelatively high technology; might be available to commercial farmers but unlikely in the case of subsistence farmers. Inthe former case,itis temptingto overspecialise in crops that currently ...
Michael Witherick, 2012
6
A Guide to International Law Careers
Instead, get a good first degree in law, followed by at least an LLM in public international law and try not to overspecialise; a good understanding of treaty law or dispute settlement can be invaluable as a basis for many areas of practice.
Anneke Smit, Christopher Peter Michael Waters, Christopher Waters, 2009
7
Design Grow Sell: A guide to starting and running a ...
Thereare othersthatgrow vegetables and help people become greener with less hard landscaping and watersaving devices. But don't overspecialise to the point that you have no market.” The competition Once you have determined your niche  ...
Sophie Davies, 2012
8
Transnational Intellectual Networks: Forms of Academic ...
181. 58 It is not the place here to conduct a detailed study on the presentations - a mixture of survey papers and programmatic papers -, held at the international congresses. To overspecialise, that would mean not to allow oneself such 102 ...
Christophe Charle, Jürgen Schriewer, Peter Wagner, 2004
9
Relational Knowledge Discovery
What would be the according meet and/or join operators in a lattice with any of our partial order relations? This question is not of academic interest only. Example 7.31 is a demonstration of what it means to overgeneralise or overspecialise.
M. E. Müller, 2012
10
Theoretical Introduction to Programming
Because of this, we naturally discover non-determinism. Anyway, to include the OS state would be to overspecialise. Programming for an unknown scheduling algorithm is pragmatically the same as programming a non-deterministic machine.
Bruce Ian Mills, 2005

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERSPECIALISE»

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Make Room For Your Passion, Even If It Can't Be Your Job
Don't overspecialise. At the same time, at least some of those skills should be transferable to as many fields as possible. For starters, you ... «Lifehacker Australia, Nov 14»
2
Character Select: Lara Croft
Overspecialise, and you breed in weakness,” remarks Kusanagi, who could very well have been describing Lara. “It's slow death”. You see ... «God is a Geek, Mar 13»

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