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Meaning of overreference | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To reference too much or too often.

transitive

Examples

“Despite considerable overreferencing, which sometimes intrudes into the text sufficiently to disturb the thought processes of the reader, the book is well written.”
“The concept of normalization has to be one of most overreferenced yet misunderstood concepts in programming.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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