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OVERPRODUCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overproduce ... he / she / it overproduces
Past simple: overproduced
Past participle: overproduced
-ing form: overproducing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce in excess
Example:
The country overproduces cars
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "overproduce" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
overproduction (too much production or more than expected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "overproduce" is one way to...):
farm; grow; produce; raise (cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
overproduction (too much production or more than expected)
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