English Explanatory Dictionary

overcorrect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To correct too sharply or too much

Word forms

overcorrect overcorrects overcorrecting overcorrected

Etymology

From over- + correct.

Related words

hypercorrect

Derived words

overcorrection
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