- overextend
- transitive verb Date: 1937 to extend or expand beyond a safe or reasonable point; especially to commit (oneself) financially beyond what can be paid • overextension noun
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overextend — I verb develop too fast, develop too much, distend, go too far, grow too fast, grow too much, overcommit, overdevelop, overexpand, spread too far, spread too thin, strain, stretch, stretch too far II index overdraw, overreach Burton s Legal… … Law dictionary
overextend — [ō΄vərek stend′] vt. to extend beyond reasonable limits or beyond one s capacity to meet obligations or commitments overextension [ō΄vərek sten′shən] n … English World dictionary
overextend — overextended o‧ver‧ex‧ten‧ded [ˌəʊvərɪkˈstendd◂ ǁ ˌoʊ ] adjective 1. COMMERCE an overextended organization is involved in more activities than it can manage, or does not have enough money to do what it wants, for example because it has borrowed… … Financial and business terms
overextend — UK [ˌəʊvərɪkˈstend] / US [ˌoʊvərɪkˈstend] verb [transitive] Word forms overextend : present tense I/you/we/they overextend he/she/it overextends present participle overextending past tense overextended past participle overextended to use more of… … English dictionary
overextend (T) — to try to do or use too much of something, causing problems, illness, or damage: The accountants have advised us not to overextend our resources. | overextend yourself: Be careful not to overextend yourself. You ve been very ill! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
overextend — o|ver|ex|tend [ˌəuvərıkˈstend US ˌou ] v [T] 1.) to try to do or use too much of something, causing problems, illness, or damage overextend yourself ▪ Be careful not to overextend yourself. You ve been very ill. 2.) to spend more money than you… … Dictionary of contemporary English
overextend — o|ver|ex|tend [ ,ouvərık stend ] verb transitive to use more of something than is reasonable or sensible: OVERSTRETCH: overextend your finances a. overextend yourself to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
overextend — overextension /oh veuhr ik sten sheuhn/, n. /oh veuhr ik stend /, v.t. 1. to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify. 2. to extend for too long a time: to overextend … Universalium
overextend — over·ex·tend .ō və rik stend vt to extend too far <overextend the back> over·ex·ten·sion sten chən n … Medical dictionary
overextend yourself — phrase to cause yourself harm by trying to do too much Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym Main entry: overextend * * * overextend yourself 1 : to try to do too much Don t overextend yourself or else you ll burn out … Useful english dictionary
