Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overspecify
Participle: overspecified
Gerund: overspecifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overspecify |
| you | overspecify |
| he;she;it | overspecifies |
| we | overspecify |
| you | overspecify |
| they | overspecify |
Perfect
| I | have overspecified |
| you | have overspecified |
| he;she;it | has overspecified |
| we | have overspecified |
| you | have overspecified |
| they | have overspecified |
Past
| I | overspecified |
| you | overspecified |
| he;she;it | overspecified |
| we | overspecified |
| you | overspecified |
| they | overspecified |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspecified |
| you | had overspecified |
| he;she;it | had overspecified |
| we | had overspecified |
| you | had overspecified |
| they | had overspecified |
Future
| I | will overspecify |
| you | will overspecify |
| he;she;it | will overspecify |
| we | will overspecify |
| you | will overspecify |
| they | will overspecify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overspecified |
| you | will have overspecified |
| he;she;it | will have overspecified |
| we | will have overspecified |
| you | will have overspecified |
| they | will have overspecified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overspecify |
| you | overspecify |
| he;she;it | overspecify |
| we | overspecify |
| you | overspecify |
| they | overspecify |
Perfect
| I | have overspecified |
| you | have overspecified |
| he;she;it | have overspecified |
| we | have overspecified |
| you | have overspecified |
| they | have overspecified |
Imperfect
| I | overspecified |
| you | overspecified |
| he;she;it | overspecified |
| we | overspecified |
| you | overspecified |
| they | overspecified |
Pluperfect
| I | had overspecified |
| you | had overspecified |
| he;she;it | had overspecified |
| we | had overspecified |
| you | had overspecified |
| they | had overspecified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overspecify |
| you | would overspecify |
| he;she;it | would overspecify |
| we | would overspecify |
| you | would overspecify |
| they | would overspecify |
Perfect
| I | would have overspecified |
| you | would have overspecified |
| he;she;it | would have overspecified |
| we | would have overspecified |
| you | would have overspecified |
| they | would have overspecified |
Imperative
| you | overspecify |
| we | Let's overspecify |
| you | overspecify |
Verbs conjugated like 'overspecify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overspecify'
oversignify,
prespecify,
respecify,
underspecify,
misspecify,
overamplify,
overfortify,
overglorify,
overidentify,
overjustify,
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 specify
10. English overspecify
11. From over- + specify.
Sample Sentences
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The customer overspecified the requirements and now we're contractually required to build it this way. Does he think he's an engineer?
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Manufacturers of sponge-rubber products have noted a tendency for designers and other users to overspecify. [1949, “Sponge Rubber”, in Walter E. Burton, editor, Engineering with Rubber, 1st edition, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, page 389:]
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First, the study group discovered a tendency in the current system to overspecify a billet. For example, to write a billet for a laboratory technician, one could specify rate and rating, as an HM1, one could specify E-6 and NEC-8506, or one could specify both. Obviously, this sort of procedure creates distribution problems which could compound. [1975, John Whittet, “We Need NEOCS”, in All Hands, number 698, page 50:]
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As usual the customer overspecified the requirements, it's like asking for a car that seats 20 and fits in a compact car's parking space.
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Design your mobile water supply apparatus around the chassis that you intend to use. Don’t overspecify or underspecify the unit. [1991 April 1, Gene P. Carlson, “NFPA 1903: Mobile Water Supply Apparatus”, in Fire Engineering:]
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An overspecified truth table contains at least one decision that will never be executed because it is already specified in a previous decision...
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A noun phrase is overspecified when it is used in a context where a pronoun would have been unambiguous.