Meaning

1 senses

  1. To protect to an excessive degree; to coddle

    überbehüten

    protect excessively

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
Protect to an excessive degree:

Forms

overprotects, overprotecting, overprotected, overprotected
Base formoverprotect · to overprotect
3rd person singularoverprotects
Present participleoverprotecting
Past simpleoverprotected
Past participleoverprotected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverprotect
he, she, itoverprotects

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverprotected

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overprotect

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedoverprotection
Derivedoverprotective

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overpopulateoverpopulationoverpoweroverpricedoverprotectiveoverqualifiedoverrate
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