Definition of overshoot Overshoot
/owˈvɚʃuˌt/ - [owvershut] - o•ver•shoot
We found 15 definitions of overshoot from 7 different sources.
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What does overshoot mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: overshoots |
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| overshoot - an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt | ||
| wave-off, go-around | ||
| landing approach the approach to a landing field by an airplane | ||
Verb |
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| overshoot - shoot beyond or over (a target) | ||
| undershoot shoot short of or below (a target) | ||
| miss fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" | ||
| blast, shoot shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly | ||
| overshoot - aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim" | ||
| aspire, shoot for, draw a bead on, aim have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | ||
| overrun run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- overshoot (Noun)
The amount by which something goes too far. - overshoot (Noun)
When the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. - overshoot (Verb)
To go too far. - overshoot (Verb)
To shoot too far.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- overshoot (v. t.)
To shoot over or beyond. - overshoot (v. t.)
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. - overshoot (v. t.)
To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. - overshoot (v. i.)
To fly beyond the mark.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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overshoot
ō-vėr-shōōt′, v.t. to shoot over or beyond, as a mark: to pass swiftly over.—v.i. to shoot or fly beyond the mark.—adj. O′vershot, having the water falling on it from above, as a water-wheel: surpassed: fuddled.—Overshoot one's self, to venture too far, to overreach one's self
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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overshoot
To give a ship too much way.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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overshoot
To shoot beyond the mark.
Part of speech
🔤- overshoot, verb, present, 1st person singular of overshoot (infinitive).
- overshoot, verb (infinitive).
- overshoot, noun, singular of overshoots.
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