"overextend" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overextend.wav [US] Forms: overextends [present, singular, third-person], overextending [participle, present], overextended [participle, past], overextended [past]
Etymology: From over- + extend. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|extend|pos=verb}} over- + extend Head templates: {{en-verb}} overextend (third-person singular simple present overextends, present participle overextending, simple past and past participle overextended)
  1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach. Translations (to expand or extend to an excessive degree): túlerőltet (Hungarian), túlhajt (Hungarian), przesadzać [imperfective] (Polish), przesadzić [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overextend-en-verb-7w97brKT Disambiguation of 'to expand or extend to an excessive degree': 92 5 3
  2. (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension. Tags: transitive Translations (to apply (a term) to too many referents): włączać zbyt wiele [imperfective] (Polish), włączyć zbyt wiele [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overextend-en-verb-3JzSihHF Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English verbs prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 59 28 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 29 43 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 76 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 67 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 61 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 66 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to apply (a term) to too many referents': 3 95 3
  3. (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks. Tags: transitive Translations (to push a pawn too far): przeciągać pozycję [imperfective] (Polish), przeciągnąć pozycję [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-overextend-en-verb-jo-O-mw2 Categories (other): Chess Topics: board-games, chess, games Disambiguation of 'to push a pawn too far': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overextended

Inflected forms

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