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Overcommit | Overcommitting | Overcommitment | Overcommitted

Overcommit meaning

To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable

Using Overcommit

  • The main meaning on this page is: To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable

Context around Overcommit

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Overcommit

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

commit than overcommit 1× defenses will overcommit to stopping 1× want to overcommit and be 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

it may be 1× melissa didn t 1×

Common sentence endings:

commit than overcommit 1× may not matter 1× see enough progress 1×

Words around Overcommit

Just before it in the word index:

overcoming 412 overcomes 67 overcome 2.225 overcoats 11 overcoat 31 overclocking 32

Just after it in the word index:

overcommitment 3 overcommitted 2 overcommitting 4 overcompensate 10 overcompensated 2 overcompensates 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Overcommit

  • In this selection, "overcommit" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include commit than overcommit and defenses will overcommit to stopping. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overcommit" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overcommit

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It may be better to under commit than overcommit. (9 words)

At some point, defenses will overcommit to stopping him, although it may not matter. (14 words)

Melissa didn't want to overcommit and be 'unrealistic' with her goals because she knew she'd give up if she didn't see enough progress. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

Melissa didn't want to overcommit and be 'unrealistic' with her goals because she knew she'd give up if she didn't see enough progress. (26 words)

At some point, defenses will overcommit to stopping him, although it may not matter. (14 words)

It may be better to under commit than overcommit. (9 words)

Example sentences (3)

It may be better to under commit than overcommit.

Melissa didn't want to overcommit and be 'unrealistic' with her goals because she knew she'd give up if she didn't see enough progress.

At some point, defenses will overcommit to stopping him, although it may not matter.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overcommit" in a sentence?
An example: "It may be better to under commit than overcommit." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "overcommit" from authentic English texts.
What does "overcommit" mean?
Overcommit means: To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
How many example sentences with "overcommit" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "overcommit", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.