Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overemphasise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: overem-pha-sise
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overemphasize.

British usage

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- English emphasise English overemphasise From over- + emphasise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

overemphasises (present, singular) overemphasising (participle, present) overemphasised (participle, past) overemphasised (past)

Synonyms

overemphasize overstress

Questions

What does overemphasise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overemphasize.
Where does overemphasise come from?: 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- English emphasise English overemphasise From over- + emphasise.

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