Meaning

1 senses

  1. To correct too sharply or too much

Forms

overcorrects, overcorrecting, overcorrected, overcorrected
Base formovercorrect · to overcorrect
3rd person singularovercorrects
Present participleovercorrecting
Past simpleovercorrected
Past participleovercorrected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovercorrect
he, she, itovercorrects

Past simpleLesson

all personsovercorrected

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overcorrected
he, she, ithas overcorrected

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overcorrect

Word family

2 related words
Relatedhypercorrect
Derivedovercorrection

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overcomeB1overconfidentovercookovercrowdoverdooverdose
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