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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Overshooting.]
     1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark;
        to overshoot the green in golf. ``Not to overshoot his
        game.'' --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to
        overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot
        the endpoint in a titration.
        [PJC]
  
     2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too
        much.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i.
     To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Overshooting.]
     1. To shoot over or beyond. ``Not to overshoot his game.''
        --South.
  
     2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
  
     3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
  
     To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too
        much.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i.
     To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  overshoot
       n : an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
           [syn: wave-off, go-around]
       v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: undershoot]
       2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
       [also: overshot]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
     2 (lb en countable ecology) When the population of a species exceeds
  its environment's carrying capacity.
     3 (lb en uncountable typography design) The portion of a letter
  extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the
  relative degree of such extent.
     vb.
     1 To go past something; to go too far.
     2 To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
     3 To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
     4 (lb en figurative) To exceed.
     5 (lb en reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
     2 (lb en countable ecology) When the population of a species exceeds
  its environment's carrying capacity.
     3 (lb en uncountable typography design) The portion of a letter
  extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the
  relative degree of such extent.
     vb.
     1 To go past something; to go too far.
     2 To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
     3 To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
     4 (lb en figurative) To exceed.
     5 (lb en reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
     2 (lb en countable ecology) When the population of a species exceeds
  its environment's carrying capacity.
     3 (lb en uncountable typography design) The portion of a letter
  extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the
  relative degree of such extent.
     vb.
     1 To go past something; to go too far.
     2 To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
     3 To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
     4 (lb en figurative) To exceed.
     5 (lb en reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
     2 (lb en countable ecology) When the population of a species exceeds
  its environment's carrying capacity.
     3 (lb en uncountable typography design) The portion of a letter
  extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the
  relative degree of such extent.
     vb.
     1 To go past something; to go too far.
     2 To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
     3 To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
     4 (lb en figurative) To exceed.
     5 (lb en reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     Englanti vb.
     tähdätä yli, mennä yli, ylittää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  overshoot
     Engelska n.
     översläng
     Engelska vb.
     1 skjuta över
     2 gå för långt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Overshoot /ˌəʊvəʃˈuːt/
  أوفيرشوت

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  overshoot /ˌəʊvəʃˈuːt/ 
  překročit