over-compensate in English

Forms: over-compensates [present, singular, third-person], over-compensating [participle, present], over-compensated [participle, past], over-compensated [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|head=over-compensate}} over-compensate (third-person singular simple present over-compensates, present participle over-compensating, simple past and past participle over-compensated)

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"over-compensate" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms