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OVERSPECIALISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overspecialise mean?
• OVERSPECIALISE (verb)
The verb OVERSPECIALISE has 1 sense:
1. become overly specialized
Familiarity information: OVERSPECIALISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they overspecialise ... he / she / it overspecialises
Past simple: overspecialised
Past participle: overspecialised
-ing form: overspecialising
... he / she / it overspecialises Past simple: overspecialised
Past participle: overspecialised
-ing form: overspecialising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become overly specialized
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
overspecialise; overspecialize
Context example:
She overspecialized when she concentrated on verbs in Fijian
Hypernyms (to "overspecialise" is one way to...):
narrow; narrow down; specialise; specialize (become more focused on an area of activity or field of study)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
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