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oversello‧ver‧sell /ˌəʊvəˈsel $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle oversold /-ˈsəʊld $ -ˈsoʊld/) [transitive] VERB TABLEoversell |
Present | I, you, we, they | oversell | | he, she, it | oversells | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | oversold | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have oversold | | he, she, it | has oversold | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had oversold | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will oversell | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have oversold |
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Present | I | am overselling | | he, she, it | is overselling | | you, we, they | are overselling | Past | I, he, she, it | was overselling | | you, we, they | were overselling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overselling | | he, she, it | has been overselling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overselling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overselling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overselling |
- The movie was oversold and ended up disappointing everyone.
1to praise someone or something too much: Tourism on the island is oversold.2to sell more of something than is actually available |