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Definition: OVERMEASURE |
OVERMEASURENoun1. Excessive measure; the excess beyond true or proper measure; surplus. Transitive verb1. To measure or estimate too largely. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Redundancy | Noun: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion; (plenty); repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share; more than enough; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener; turgescence; (expansion); overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow; inundation; (water); avalanche. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "OVERMEASURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tepricë (margin, odd-come-short, over, overage, overbalance, overflow, overplus, overrun, overstock, redundance, redundancy, remain, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, surplus, surplusage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | горница (overplus), излишък (excess, overage, overbalance, overflow, overplus, overspill, profusion, redundance, redundancy, spilth, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surplusage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overmeasureay excesso (carry over, debauch, excess, extreme, glut, over, overage, overindulgence, overplus, redundance, redundancy, spilth, superfluity, surplus, surplusage), excedente (excess, odd, over, overbalance, overplus, overrun, supernumerary, surplus), demasiado maduro (overrule). (various references) tolerancia (abiding, allowance, broadmindedness, indulgence, reasonableness, sufferance, tolerability, tolerance, toleration), margen (border, edge, fringe, gap, marge, margin, mark up, range, rim, verge). (various references) надлишок (excess, glut, nimiety, over, overage, overbalance, overflow, overplus, redundance, redundancy, spillover, superfluity, surfeit), припуск (allowance), додача. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-m-o-r-r-s-u-v" | |
-2 letters: rearmouse, remeasure, reremouse. | |
-3 letters: evermore, measurer, overseer, oversure, rearouse, removers, savourer. | |
-4 letters: armours, armures, arouser, erasure, measure, oeuvres, overarm, oversea, oversee, overuse, reamers, reavers, remoras, remorse, remover, removes, reserve, resumer, reveres, reverse, reverso, roamers, savorer, severer, smearer. | |
-5 letters: ameers, amours, amuser, armers, armors, armour, armure, arouse, averse, emeers, eraser, mauves, mouser, movers, murras, murres. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 56 45 52 4D 45 41 53 55 52 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. -- . .- ... ..- .-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010110 01000101 01010010 01001101 01000101 01000001 01010011 01010101 01010010 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O V E R M E A S U R E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0056 0045 0052 004D 0045 0041 0053 0055 0052 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4956395247393553555239 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albanês, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, búlgaro, болгарський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, português, portugués, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, espanhol, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ucraniano, ucranio, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, inglês, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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