Meaning

1 senses

  1. To elaborate excessively; to go into too much detail.

Origin

From over- + elaborate.

From over- + elaborate.

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Forms

overelaborates, overelaborating, overelaborated, overelaborated
Base formoverelaborate · to overelaborate
3rd person singularoverelaborates
Present participleoverelaborating
Past simpleoverelaborated
Past participleoverelaborated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverelaborate
he, she, itoverelaborates

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverelaborated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overelaborate

Word family

3 related words
Relatedoverelaborationbelabourexplicate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overdriveoverdueovereatoveremotionaloveremphasizeB2overestimateB2
overelaborate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto