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Meaning of overregularize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To apply (a rule of language) too widely.

intransitive

Examples

“A child familiar with past tenses formed with "-ed" overregularizes by saying "goed" instead of "went".”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

overregularized overregularizes overregularizing overregulate overregulated overregulates