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Overshoot meaning

  1. The amount by which something goes too far.
  2. The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
  3. The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.

Synonyms of Overshoot

wave-off go-around landing approach miss shoot undershoot aspire aim shoot for

Using Overshoot

  • The main meaning on this page is: The amount by which something goes too far. | The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. | The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
  • Useful related words include: wave-off, go-around, landing approach, miss.
  • In the example corpus, overshoot often appears in combinations such as: the overshoot, overshoot the, overshoot and.

Context around Overshoot

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Overshoot

  • In this selection, "overshoot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, earth, may, ecological, day, way and ping stand out and add context to how "overshoot" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include after the overshoot the impacts and and luxembourg overshoot the mark. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overshoot" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overshoot

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

But we worry there may be overshoot,” he said. (9 words)

But the group behind Earth Overshoot Day has spelled out some concrete solutions to reverse this trend. (17 words)

We need to slash greenhouse gas emissions or we’ll overshoot way past 1.5C of global warming. (18 words)

Like many other governments, France has offered various incentives to buy electric vehicles, but also wants to ensure it does not overshoot its 1.5 billion euro budget for the purpose at a time when its overall public spending targets are at risk. (43 words)

Qatar and Luxembourg overshoot the mark less than 50 days into the year, while the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, the US, Canada, Denmark, and Australia burned through their allotted resources before the end of March. (35 words)

Nevertheless, the ecological overshoot of human demands on natural resources, or overexploitation, is seemingly an insurmountable issue that points a finger at endless growth and its sidekick overconsumption by rich countries and wealthy individuals. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Overshoot If the first derivative is not well behaved in the neighborhood of a particular root, the method may overshoot, and diverge from that root.

Overshoot In response to a step input, the overshoot is the amount the output exceeds its final, steady-state value.

But we worry there may be overshoot,” he said.

Even if warming goes below 1.5°C after the overshoot, the impacts of will not automatically and uniformly reverse.

Like many other governments, France has offered various incentives to buy electric vehicles, but also wants to ensure it does not overshoot its 1.5 billion euro budget for the purpose at a time when its overall public spending targets are at risk.

Much of this overshoot was due to a sharp rise in airfares inflation, which the Bank is unlikely to consider a sign of stickier price pressures.

Nevertheless, the ecological overshoot of human demands on natural resources, or overexploitation, is seemingly an insurmountable issue that points a finger at endless growth and its sidekick overconsumption by rich countries and wealthy individuals.

We need to slash greenhouse gas emissions or we’ll overshoot way past 1.5C of global warming.

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Markets often overshoot, ping-ponging between overly optimistic when times are good to downright despondent on the first sign that they might, well, not be.

So-called Earth Overshoot Day -- the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that Earth can renew annually -- has crept steadily earlier since the 1970s, according to the Global Footprint Network.

An environmental activit cuts an earth-painted orange to mark Earth Overshoot Day, the date when we (all of humanity) have used more from nature than our planet can renew in the entire year.

An estimate of the Ministry of Water Resources (2008) shows the total demand for water will overshoot the supply by 2050.

But the group behind Earth Overshoot Day has spelled out some concrete solutions to reverse this trend.

If anything, there’s that he is likely to undershoot rather than overshoot his approval ratings as the sitting president of a country whose direction lacks any kind of public confidence.

If GDP growth were to continue according to what most economists feel is necessary, we would easily overshoot our planet’s environmental capacity, perhaps even sooner than what climate scientists have predicted.

Qatar and Luxembourg overshoot the mark less than 50 days into the year, while the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, the US, Canada, Denmark, and Australia burned through their allotted resources before the end of March.

Animal populations vary from year to year, building up during resource-rich periods and crashing as they overshoot their food supply.

Extension of the testing (for several more hours) may reveal a hypoglycemic "dip," that is a result of an overshoot in insulin production after the failure of the physiologic postprandial insulin response.

It also tracks the rate of change of lens movement during focusing, and controls its speed to prevent overshoot.

Starting from the principle of conservative design, the engineer typically considers two worst case trajectories, the undershoot and overshoot trajectories.

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Common combinations with overshoot

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overshoot" in a sentence?
An example: "Overshoot If the first derivative is not well behaved in the neighborhood of a particular root, the method may overshoot, and diverge from that root." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "overshoot" from authentic English texts.
What does "overshoot" mean?
Overshoot means: The amount by which something goes too far.
What are synonyms of "overshoot"?
Common synonyms of "overshoot" include: wave-off, go-around, landing approach, miss, shoot, undershoot, aspire, aim. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "overshoot" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "overshoot", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.