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Meaning of "overtaught" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERTAUGHT

overtaught  [ˌəʊvəˈtɔːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERTAUGHT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overtaught is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERTAUGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overtaught in the English dictionary

The definition of overtaught in the dictionary is taught to excess.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERTAUGHT


bistort
ˈbɪstɔːt
contort
kənˈtɔːt
detort
dɪˈtɔːt
distort
dɪˈstɔːt
extort
ɪkˈstɔːt
intort
ɪnˈtɔːt
retort
rɪˈtɔːt
taught
tɔːt
taut
tɔːt
tort
tɔːt
torte
tɔːt
untaught
ʌnˈtɔːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERTAUGHT

overt
overtake
overtaken
overtaking
overtalk
overtalkative
overtame
overtart
overtask
overtax
overtaxation
overtaxed
overteach
overtedious
overteem
overthick
overthin
overthink
overthought
overthrew

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERTAUGHT

aught
bought
caught
Connaught
distraught
downdraught
draught
dreadnaught
fearnaught
feel the draught
fraught
indraught
naught
on draught
onslaught
overfraught
self-taught
set at naught
uncaught
unfraught
well-taught

Synonyms and antonyms of overtaught in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overtaught» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERTAUGHT

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

Translator English - Chinese

overtaught
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overtaught
570 millions of speakers

English

overtaught
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overtaught
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overtaught
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overtaught
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overtaught
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overtaught
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

overtaught
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

overtaught
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overtaught
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

overtaught
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overtaught
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overtaught
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overtaught
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओव्हरटेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

overtaught
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overtaught
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overtaught
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overtaught
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overtaught
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overtaught
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overtaught
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overtaught
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overtaught
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overtaught

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAUGHT»

The term «overtaught» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.111 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERTAUGHT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERTAUGHT»

Discover the use of overtaught in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overtaught and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Grammar of the English Tongue, Spoken and Written: For ...
... overstridden overtook overtaking . overtaken overtaught overteaching overtaught overthrew overthrowing overthrown overtopt, overtopped overtopping overtopt, overtopped overwound overwinding overwound overwrought or overworking ...
Hyde Clarke, 1859
2
Readicide: How Schools are Killing Reading and what You Can ...
Argues that the decline in reading by children in the United States is furthered by schools by focusing on test-taking and focusing solely on academic texts with guidance for educators on how to conteract this trend.
Kelly Gallagher, 2009
3
Excerpta Medica: Neurology and psychiatry
Half of these were taught to the point of retention only, and the other half were ' overtaught' by 500 to 1,000 repetitions beyond this point. In 2 of the monkeys, bilateral ablation of the middle and inferior temporal gyri wis then performed.
‎1960
4
The School and the Schoolmaster: A Manual for the Use of ...
It is also to be regretted, that the annual allowance * The effect is, that such students, being overtaught in some respects, soon become dissatisfied with their duties, and are anxious to push themselves forward in a different career. Experience ...
Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson, 1842
5
Tennis Technique Bible Volume One
I believe the two-hander is unfortunately overtaught in this country. American coaches are obsessed with early success and in our culture that values quick results and lacks long-term vision, the two-hander will make a young player hit better ...
Chris Lewit, 2010
6
Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season
It becomes apparent that they are overcoached, overtaught, overly tutored and refined—and not just by their loudmouth coachwho yellsat themconstantly. No, it' sthe system that's responsible; theseare kids who have been playing elite soccer  ...
W. D. Wetherell, 2013
7
Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social ...
Every science is copiously taught, is almost overtaught, except that master- science which alone teaches us rightly to apply all the rest, without which all the rest are comparatively valueless, and which, if not sown in the earlier years of our  ...
Francis Bisset Hawkins, 1838
8
Two Lucky People: Memoirs
He had an unfailing suspicion of authority, which, if anything, he may have overtaught some of us. Yet somehow his unwillingness to bow to any authority except reason did not lead him to arrogance but rather to a special sort of humility ; ...
Milton Friedman, Rose D. Friedman, 1999
9
Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the ...
... never “overtaught” me. He would say, “Something is not right. You know, you should go home and find what is the problem and work on it yourself and bring to me next time,” instead of telling me how to do it. It was a more difficult process but  ...
Byron Janis, 2010
10
A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom
The basic criticism of teacher-directed large group instruction is that children are " overtaught and underpracticed." They absorb the information but don't have the opportunity to engage mastery motivation and significantly learn from it.
Dan Gartrell, 2013

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERTAUGHT»

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1
Making sense of Lost and Found
Being overtaught can mean being overly mannered and film is unforgiving”. Meanwhile Caroline Morohan he chose having seen her in The ... «Limerick Post, Mar 15»
2
Weekend Tip: Classic advice from Harvey Penick
The genius of Harvey Penick, who mentored Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite, is that he was a man of few words. He never overtaught. And he let ... «GolfDigest.com, Dec 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Overtaught [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/overtaught>. Apr 2024 ».
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