Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to oversignal
Participle: oversignaled; oversignalled
Gerund: oversignaling; oversignalling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | oversignal |
| you | oversignal |
| he;she;it | oversignals |
| we | oversignal |
| you | oversignal |
| they | oversignal |
Perfect
| I | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | has oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
Past
| I | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | oversignaled; oversignalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
Future
| I | will oversignal |
| you | will oversignal |
| he;she;it | will oversignal |
| we | will oversignal |
| you | will oversignal |
| they | will oversignal |
Future Perfect
| I | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | will have oversignaled; oversignalled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | oversignal |
| you | oversignal |
| he;she;it | oversignal |
| we | oversignal |
| you | oversignal |
| they | oversignal |
Perfect
| I | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | have oversignaled; oversignalled |
Imperfect
| I | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | oversignaled; oversignalled |
Pluperfect
| I | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | had oversignaled; oversignalled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would oversignal |
| you | would oversignal |
| he;she;it | would oversignal |
| we | would oversignal |
| you | would oversignal |
| they | would oversignal |
Perfect
| I | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| he;she;it | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| we | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| you | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
| they | would have oversignaled; oversignalled |
Imperative
| you | oversignal |
| we | Let's oversignal |
| you | oversignal |
Verbs conjugated like 'oversignal'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'oversignal'
foresignal,
overseal,
oversight,
oversignify,
resignal,
missignal,
overbias,
overbill,
overbind,
overdeal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + signal.
Sample Sentences
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Thus an employer who truly plans to stay around may have to "oversignal" with incentive systems that are too expensive for those who plan to cut and run […] [1997, American Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting:]
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By invoking the metaphor of a semaphore, Burke marks the ability of an operatic performance to signal strongly — even to oversignal — and to do so in a stiff, exaggerated way, as with flags on sticks. [2009, Debra Hawhee, Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language, page 25:]