Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overshoot
Participle: overshot
Gerund: overshooting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overshoot |
| you | overshoot |
| he;she;it | overshoots |
| we | overshoot |
| you | overshoot |
| they | overshoot |
Perfect
| I | have overshot |
| you | have overshot |
| he;she;it | has overshot |
| we | have overshot |
| you | have overshot |
| they | have overshot |
Past
| I | overshot |
| you | overshot |
| he;she;it | overshot |
| we | overshot |
| you | overshot |
| they | overshot |
Pluperfect
| I | had overshot |
| you | had overshot |
| he;she;it | had overshot |
| we | had overshot |
| you | had overshot |
| they | had overshot |
Future
| I | will overshoot |
| you | will overshoot |
| he;she;it | will overshoot |
| we | will overshoot |
| you | will overshoot |
| they | will overshoot |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overshot |
| you | will have overshot |
| he;she;it | will have overshot |
| we | will have overshot |
| you | will have overshot |
| they | will have overshot |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overshoot |
| you | overshoot |
| he;she;it | overshoot |
| we | overshoot |
| you | overshoot |
| they | overshoot |
Perfect
| I | have overshot |
| you | have overshot |
| he;she;it | have overshot |
| we | have overshot |
| you | have overshot |
| they | have overshot |
Imperfect
| I | overshot |
| you | overshot |
| he;she;it | overshot |
| we | overshot |
| you | overshot |
| they | overshot |
Pluperfect
| I | had overshot |
| you | had overshot |
| he;she;it | had overshot |
| we | had overshot |
| you | had overshot |
| they | had overshot |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overshoot |
| you | would overshoot |
| he;she;it | would overshoot |
| we | would overshoot |
| you | would overshoot |
| they | would overshoot |
Perfect
| I | would have overshot |
| you | would have overshot |
| he;she;it | would have overshot |
| we | would have overshot |
| you | would have overshot |
| they | would have overshot |
Imperative
| you | overshoot |
| we | Let's overshoot |
| you | overshoot |
Verbs conjugated like 'overshoot'
overshoot,
shoot,
undershoot,
angle-shoot,
atshoot,
backshoot,
foreshoot,
gut-shoot,
gutshoot,
re-shoot,
reshoot,
sharpshoot,
unshoot,
Verbs similar to 'overshoot'
overshift,
overshop,
oversmooth,
foreshoot,
one-shot,
outshoot,
overbook,
overboost,
overbrood,
overcoat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1369, "to shoot, run, or pass beyond (a point or limit)," over + shoot (v.). In ref. to water-wheels, the adj. overshot "driven by water shot over from above" is attested from c.1535.
2. From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- + shoot.
Sample Sentences
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When you drive, you must remember to not overshoot the parking space and end up with two wheels over the line.
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As a result of the accident at Southend Airport when a Hermes aircraft overshot the runway and fouled the down Shenfield to Southend Victoria line between Rochford and Prittlewell, the Eastern Region is considering warning arrangements, which have already been provided on some lines running past aerodromes. [1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:]
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A ScotRail Driver: […] A good friend of mine overshot two stations back-to-back a couple of years ago. He tried to stop at one station and slid by it. Tried to stop at the next station. He slid by that, too. [2021 December 15, Paul Clifton, “There is nothing you can do”, in RAIL, number 946, page 37:]
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not to overshoot his game [1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:]
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to overshoot the truth
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That fire abated that impells rash youth,
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Proud of his speed to overshoot the truth, [1782, William Cowper, “Conversation”, in Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq., →OCLC:]
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Measured this way humanity was last at sustainable levels in the 1980s. Now it has overshot by some 20 percent. [2004, Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows, “Author's preface”, in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, →ISBN:]
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The amount a letter overshoots is based on the design, but your eye shouldn’t notice it. [2019, Reece Patton, Formatting for Print:]