English Explanatory Dictionary

overconstrain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To apply excessive constraints (to).

Word forms

overconstrain overconstrains overconstraining overconstrained

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain English overconstrain From over- + constrain.

Antonyms

underconstrain
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