Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overspecialize
Participle: overspecialized
Gerund: overspecializing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overspecialize |
| you | overspecialize |
| he;she;it | overspecializes |
| we | overspecialize |
| you | overspecialize |
| they | overspecialize |
Perfect
| I | have overspecialized |
| you | have overspecialized |
| he;she;it | has overspecialized |
| we | have overspecialized |
| you | have overspecialized |
| they | have overspecialized |
Past
| I | overspecialized |
| you | overspecialized |
| he;she;it | overspecialized |
| we | overspecialized |
| you | overspecialized |
| they | overspecialized |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspecialized |
| you | had overspecialized |
| he;she;it | had overspecialized |
| we | had overspecialized |
| you | had overspecialized |
| they | had overspecialized |
Future
| I | will overspecialize |
| you | will overspecialize |
| he;she;it | will overspecialize |
| we | will overspecialize |
| you | will overspecialize |
| they | will overspecialize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overspecialized |
| you | will have overspecialized |
| he;she;it | will have overspecialized |
| we | will have overspecialized |
| you | will have overspecialized |
| they | will have overspecialized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overspecialize |
| you | overspecialize |
| he;she;it | overspecialize |
| we | overspecialize |
| you | overspecialize |
| they | overspecialize |
Perfect
| I | have overspecialized |
| you | have overspecialized |
| he;she;it | have overspecialized |
| we | have overspecialized |
| you | have overspecialized |
| they | have overspecialized |
Imperfect
| I | overspecialized |
| you | overspecialized |
| he;she;it | overspecialized |
| we | overspecialized |
| you | overspecialized |
| they | overspecialized |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspecialized |
| you | had overspecialized |
| he;she;it | had overspecialized |
| we | had overspecialized |
| you | had overspecialized |
| they | had overspecialized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overspecialize |
| you | would overspecialize |
| he;she;it | would overspecialize |
| we | would overspecialize |
| you | would overspecialize |
| they | would overspecialize |
Perfect
| I | would have overspecialized |
| you | would have overspecialized |
| he;she;it | would have overspecialized |
| we | would have overspecialized |
| you | would have overspecialized |
| they | would have overspecialized |
Imperative
| you | overspecialize |
| we | Let's overspecialize |
| you | overspecialize |
Verbs conjugated like 'overspecialize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overspecialize'
overspecialise,
oversocialize,
especialize,
hyperspecialize,
oversexualize,
respecialize,
cospecialize,
overidealize,
overmedicalize,
overspeculate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English special
10. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
11. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
12. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
13. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
14. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
15. Late Latin -izōder.
16. Middle French -iserbor.
17. Middle English -isen
18. English -ize
19. English specialize
20. English overspecialize
21. From over- + specialize.
Sample Sentences
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The tendency to overspecialize is also noticeable in the county. Some farmers are growing fruit to the exclusion of all other crops; some carry the practice a step further and grow only peaches. [1915, E. H. Anderson, “Niagara County: An Account of Its Agriculture and of Its Farm Bureau”, in Twenty-eighth Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and of the Agricultural Experiment Station, volume II, Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, published 1916, page 2093:]
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The greatest of benefits to be derived from a purposeful college education are an active and lasting intellectual curiosity—a pervading spirit of inquiry—and the ability to think. To attain these goals the student should direct his education in a broad field of study rather than overspecialize in a single subject. [1953 December, Robert Constant, “Overspecialization”, in The Michigan Technic, volume LXXII, number 3, Ann Arbor, Mich.: College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52, column 1:]
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Still, Winn is a savvy observer of intellectual politics, ably dissecting the economic and administrative incentives that encourage academics to overspecialize. [1999 February 24, Louis Jacobson, “It's the play and the song that count”, in Princeton Alumni Weekly:]