Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overspecialise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-spe-cialise
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overspecialize.

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 specialise English overspecialise From over- + specialise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

overspecialises (present, singular) overspecialising (participle, present) overspecialised (participle, past) overspecialised (past)

Synonyms

overspecialize

Questions

What does overspecialise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overspecialize.
Where does overspecialise 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 specialise English overspecialise From over- + specialise.

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