"overdetermine" meaning in English

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    {
      "word": "underdetermine"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "determine"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + determine",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + determine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overdetermines",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermined",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermined",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overdetermine (third-person singular simple present overdetermines, present participle overdetermining, simple past and past participle overdetermined)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "overdetermination"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
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          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "78 22",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give too many constraints, so that no solution is available."
      ],
      "id": "en-overdetermine-en-verb-rItfMvOo",
      "links": [
        [
          "constraint",
          "constraint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a problem or question) To give too many constraints, so that no solution is available."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a problem or question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To determine in such a way that any of the determinant's components would be sufficient on its own to produce the consequence."
      ],
      "id": "en-overdetermine-en-verb-mhKblnIu",
      "links": [
        [
          "determinant",
          "determinant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overdetermine"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underdetermine"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "determine"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + determine",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + determine.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overdetermines",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermined",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overdetermined",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overdetermine (third-person singular simple present overdetermines, present participle overdetermining, simple past and past participle overdetermined)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "overdetermination"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To give too many constraints, so that no solution is available."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "constraint",
          "constraint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a problem or question) To give too many constraints, so that no solution is available."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a problem or question"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To determine in such a way that any of the determinant's components would be sufficient on its own to produce the consequence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "determinant",
          "determinant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overdetermine"
}