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overcompensateovercompensate /ˌoʊvɚˈkɑmpənˌseɪt/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEovercompensate |
Present | I, you, we, they | overcompensate | | he, she, it | overcompensates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overcompensated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overcompensated | | he, she, it | has overcompensated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overcompensated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overcompensate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overcompensated |
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Present | I | am overcompensating | | he, she, it | is overcompensating | | you, we, they | are overcompensating | Past | I, he, she, it | was overcompensating | | you, we, they | were overcompensating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overcompensating | | he, she, it | has been overcompensating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overcompensating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overcompensating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overcompensating |
to try to correct a weakness or mistake by doing too much of the opposite thing: overcompensate for Zoe overcompensates for her shyness by talking a lot.—overcompensation /ˌoʊvɚˌkɑmpənˈseɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |