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overcompensate
o·ver·com·pen·sate O0179200 (ō′vər-kŏm′pən-sāt′)v. o·ver·com·pen·sat·ed, o·ver·com·pen·sat·ing, o·ver·com·pen·sates v.intr. To engage in overcompensation.v.tr. To pay (someone) too much; compensate excessively.
o′ver·com·pen′sa·to′ry (-kəm-pĕn′sə-tôr′ē) adj.overcompensate (ˌəʊvəˈkɒmpɛnˌseɪt) vb1. to compensate (a person or thing) excessively2. (Psychology) (intr) psychol to engage in overcompensation ˌoverˈcompenˌsatory adjo•ver•com•pen•sate (ˌoʊ vərˈkɒm pənˌseɪt)
v. -sat•ed, -sat•ing. v.t. 1. to compensate excessively. v.i. 2. to perform more strenuously than required to overcome a defect. [1760–70] o`ver•com•pen′sa•to`ry (-kəmˈpɛn səˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj. overcompensate
Past participle: overcompensated
Gerund: overcompensating
| Imperative |
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| overcompensate | | overcompensate |
| Present |
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| I overcompensate | | you overcompensate | | he/she/it overcompensates | | we overcompensate | | you overcompensate | | they overcompensate |
| Preterite |
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| I overcompensated | | you overcompensated | | he/she/it overcompensated | | we overcompensated | | you overcompensated | | they overcompensated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am overcompensating | | you are overcompensating | | he/she/it is overcompensating | | we are overcompensating | | you are overcompensating | | they are overcompensating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have overcompensated | | you have overcompensated | | he/she/it has overcompensated | | we have overcompensated | | you have overcompensated | | they have overcompensated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was overcompensating | | you were overcompensating | | he/she/it was overcompensating | | we were overcompensating | | you were overcompensating | | they were overcompensating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had overcompensated | | you had overcompensated | | he/she/it had overcompensated | | we had overcompensated | | you had overcompensated | | they had overcompensated |
| Future |
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| I will overcompensate | | you will overcompensate | | he/she/it will overcompensate | | we will overcompensate | | you will overcompensate | | they will overcompensate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have overcompensated | | you will have overcompensated | | he/she/it will have overcompensated | | we will have overcompensated | | you will have overcompensated | | they will have overcompensated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be overcompensating | | you will be overcompensating | | he/she/it will be overcompensating | | we will be overcompensating | | you will be overcompensating | | they will be overcompensating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been overcompensating | | you have been overcompensating | | he/she/it has been overcompensating | | we have been overcompensating | | you have been overcompensating | | they have been overcompensating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been overcompensating | | you will have been overcompensating | | he/she/it will have been overcompensating | | we will have been overcompensating | | you will have been overcompensating | | they will have been overcompensating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been overcompensating | | you had been overcompensating | | he/she/it had been overcompensating | | we had been overcompensating | | you had been overcompensating | | they had been overcompensating |
| Conditional |
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| I would overcompensate | | you would overcompensate | | he/she/it would overcompensate | | we would overcompensate | | you would overcompensate | | they would overcompensate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have overcompensated | | you would have overcompensated | | he/she/it would have overcompensated | | we would have overcompensated | | you would have overcompensated | | they would have overcompensated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | overcompensate - make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities; "he is compensating for being a bad father"compensate, coverunderwrite, insure, cover - protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this"counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, compensate, correct, make up - adjust for; "engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance" | | 2. | overcompensate - make excessive corrections for fear of making an errorover-correctredress, right, correct, compensate - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust" |
Translations
overcompensate
overcompensate (ō′vər-kŏm′pən-sāt′)v. overcompen·sated, overcompen·sating, overcompen·sates v.intr. To engage in overcompensation.v.tr. To pay (someone) too much; compensate excessively.
o′ver·com·pen′sa·to′ry (-kəm-pĕn′sə-tôr′ē) adj.overcompensate
Synonyms for overcompensateverb make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualitiesSynonymsRelated Words- underwrite
- insure
- cover
- counterbalance
- even off
- even out
- even up
- compensate
- correct
- make up
verb make excessive corrections for fear of making an errorSynonymsRelated Words- redress
- right
- correct
- compensate
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