"oversubscribe" meaning in English

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      "word": "oversubscription"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "subscribe"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + subscribe",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + subscribe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oversubscribes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribed",
      "tags": [
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  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 22 12",
          "kind": "other",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17:",
          "text": "The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "subscribe",
          "subscribe"
        ],
        [
          "availability",
          "availability"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Programming",
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            "Software engineering",
            "Technology",
            "Computer science",
            "Engineering",
            "Software",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Media",
            "Fundamental",
            "Communication"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading."
      ],
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          "programming",
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        [
          "oversubscription",
          "oversubscription"
        ],
        [
          "multithreading",
          "multithreading"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Networking",
          "orig": "en:Networking",
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            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "networking",
          "networking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "oversubscription",
          "oversubscription"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "networking",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oversubscribe"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "oversubscription"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "over- + subscribe",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + subscribe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oversubscribes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversubscribed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17:",
          "text": "The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subscribe",
          "subscribe"
        ],
        [
          "availability",
          "availability"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "oversubscription",
          "oversubscription"
        ],
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          "multithreading",
          "multithreading"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Networking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network."
      ],
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        [
          "networking",
          "networking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "oversubscription",
          "oversubscription"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "networking",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
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  ],
  "word": "oversubscribe"
}