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Meaning of oversignal | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To signal excessively.

Examples

“Thus an employer who truly plans to stay around may have to "oversignal" with incentive systems that are too expensive for those who plan to cut and run […]”
“By invoking the metaphor of a semaphore, Burke marks the ability of an operatic performance to signal strongly — even to oversignal — and to do so in a stiff, exaggerated way, as with flags on sticks.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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