"overdirect" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "over- + direct",
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      "form": "overdirects",
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      "form": "overdirecting",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film)."
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          "play",
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          "film",
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        "(transitive) To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film)."
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          "text": "They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.",
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        "To provide too much direction, to be too controlling."
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          "controlling",
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        "To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film)."
      ],
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          "direct",
          "direct"
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        "(transitive) To take an excessive, overbearing role in directing (a play or film)."
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