"overplay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overplays [present, singular, third-person], overplaying [participle, present], overplayed [participle, past], overplayed [past]
enPR: ō'vər-plā' Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: over- + play Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|play}} over- + play Head templates: {{en-verb}} overplay (third-person singular simple present overplays, present participle overplaying, simple past and past participle overplayed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To overdo or overact one's effect or role. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Acting Translations (To overdo or overact one's effect or role): преигравам (preigravam) (Bulgarian), overdrijven (Dutch), overacteren (Dutch), sobreactuar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overplay-en-verb-L-H3mr-2 Disambiguation of Acting: 35 35 12 18 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 20 29 26 25 Disambiguation of "To overdo or overact one's effect or role": 88 2 5 5
  2. (transitive) To play (a song or record) too frequently. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Acting
    Sense id: en-overplay-en-verb-ESt42fsm Disambiguation of Acting: 35 35 12 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 12 44 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 33 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 20 29 26 25
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Acting Translations (To overestimate one's strength in a game or event): zich overschatten (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-overplay-en-verb--iyJgAUi Disambiguation of Acting: 35 35 12 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 12 44 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 33 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 20 29 26 25 Disambiguation of "To overestimate one's strength in a game or event": 9 2 80 9
  4. (transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green". Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Golf, Acting Translations (To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond the green): uitslaan (Dutch) Translations (To present something more dramatically than necessary): overdrijven (Dutch), dramatiseren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-overplay-en-verb-R7-8wktE Disambiguation of Acting: 35 35 12 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 12 44 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 33 27 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 20 29 26 25 Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of "To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond the green": 4 2 5 89 Disambiguation of 'To present something more dramatically than necessary': 7 26 30 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overplay one's hand

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overplay meaning in All languages combined (7.1kB)

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