Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overdescribe
Participle: overdescribed
Gerund: overdescribing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overdescribe |
| you | overdescribe |
| he;she;it | overdescribes |
| we | overdescribe |
| you | overdescribe |
| they | overdescribe |
Perfect
| I | have overdescribed |
| you | have overdescribed |
| he;she;it | has overdescribed |
| we | have overdescribed |
| you | have overdescribed |
| they | have overdescribed |
Past
| I | overdescribed |
| you | overdescribed |
| he;she;it | overdescribed |
| we | overdescribed |
| you | overdescribed |
| they | overdescribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overdescribed |
| you | had overdescribed |
| he;she;it | had overdescribed |
| we | had overdescribed |
| you | had overdescribed |
| they | had overdescribed |
Future
| I | will overdescribe |
| you | will overdescribe |
| he;she;it | will overdescribe |
| we | will overdescribe |
| you | will overdescribe |
| they | will overdescribe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overdescribed |
| you | will have overdescribed |
| he;she;it | will have overdescribed |
| we | will have overdescribed |
| you | will have overdescribed |
| they | will have overdescribed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overdescribe |
| you | overdescribe |
| he;she;it | overdescribe |
| we | overdescribe |
| you | overdescribe |
| they | overdescribe |
Perfect
| I | have overdescribed |
| you | have overdescribed |
| he;she;it | have overdescribed |
| we | have overdescribed |
| you | have overdescribed |
| they | have overdescribed |
Imperfect
| I | overdescribed |
| you | overdescribed |
| he;she;it | overdescribed |
| we | overdescribed |
| you | overdescribed |
| they | overdescribed |
Pluperfect
| I | had overdescribed |
| you | had overdescribed |
| he;she;it | had overdescribed |
| we | had overdescribed |
| you | had overdescribed |
| they | had overdescribed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overdescribe |
| you | would overdescribe |
| he;she;it | would overdescribe |
| we | would overdescribe |
| you | would overdescribe |
| they | would overdescribe |
Perfect
| I | would have overdescribed |
| you | would have overdescribed |
| he;she;it | would have overdescribed |
| we | would have overdescribed |
| you | would have overdescribed |
| they | would have overdescribed |
Imperative
| you | overdescribe |
| we | Let's overdescribe |
| you | overdescribe |
Verbs conjugated like 'overdescribe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overdescribe'
overprescribe,
oversubscribe,
redescribe,
deprescribe,
describe,
misdescribe,
overdecorate,
overdefine,
overdesign,
overdetermine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + describe.
Sample Sentences
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Never overdescribe your setting. Why run the risk of boring readers? [1998, James V. Smith, You Can Write a Novel, →ISBN, page 44:]
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There is a third reason for misdescription: the drafter's irrepressible impulse to overdescribe. [2012, Leo Katz, Bad Acts and Guilty Minds: Conundrums of the Criminal Law, →ISBN:]
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We need to go through and edit our action lines; there's no need to overwrite them or overdescribe things. [2018, Neil Landau, TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era, →ISBN:]