overshoot

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

1. To go past something; to go too far.
2. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
4. (figuratively) To exceed.
5. (reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
6. To record too much photographic footage.

Conceptos

sobrepasar

rodeo

vuelta

ondeo

Sinónimos

go-around

miss the target

overswing

wave-off

overdo

overdraw

overreach

blip

spike

overregulate

peak

escape

liberate

overact

Traducciones

überschreiten

outrepasser

atterraggio lungo

oltrepassare

déborder

aşma

geçmek

dépasser

excesso

ultrapassar

aşırılığa kaçmak

أوفيرشوت

nişandan öteye atmak

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈəʊ.və.ʃuːt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: overshoten

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ofersċēotan

In summary

From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- + shoot.