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   overshoot

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   • 1. go past (an intended stopping or turning point) inadvertently: "they overshot their intended destination"
   • ▪ exceed (a financial target or limit): "the department may overshoot its cash limit"

   noun

   • 1. an act of overshooting something.

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   What does overshoot mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! OVERSHOOT definition: 1. to go further than the end of or past something, without intending to: 2. to go farther than…. Learn more.

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   How do you pronounced overshoot?

   • The noun is pronounced (oʊvəʳʃuːt ). If you overshoot a place that you want to get to, you go past it by mistake. The plane apparently overshot the runway after landing. [VERB noun] They had already overshot the corner once. [VERB noun] If a government or organization overshoots its budget, it spends more than it had planned to.

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   Why is overshoot important?

   • Overshoot is a prerequisite to allow complete physical recovery of your body. When you have spent years undereating, overexercising, or a combination of both, the body goes into a negative energy balance and must turn to internal sources for energy.

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   What is overshoot in ecology?

   • What is overshoot? Overshoot is when a species consumes resources and pollutes faster than the ecosystem in which it inhabits can replace those resources or absorb those wastes. What are signs of overshoot? How is climate change different from overshoot?

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     OVERSHOOT meaning: 1. to go further than the end of or past...

   • Znaczenie Overshoot, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     OVERSHOOT definicja: 1. to go further than the end of or...

   • Overshoot in Traditional Chinese

     OVERSHOOT translate: 超過，超越（預定地點）. Learn more in the...

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     overshoot translate: dépasser. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Overshoot in Spanish

     OVERSHOOT translate: pasarse (de), salirse (de). Learn more...

   • Overshoot in German

     overshoot translate: hinausschießen über. Learn more in the...

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   The meaning of OVERSHOOT is to pass swiftly beyond. How to use overshoot in a sentence.

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   Overshoot means to go farther than the end of or past something, without intending to, or to spend more money than planned. Learn more about the verb and noun forms, synonyms, and usage examples from various sources.

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   to pass or go by or beyond (a point, limit, etc.): to overshoot a stop sign. to shoot or pour down over: turbulent water overshooting the top of the dam. to overreach (oneself or itself); go further than is intended or proper; go too far: It looked as though his self-confidence had overshot itself.

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   1. to shoot or go beyond (a mark or target) 2. to cause (an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along (a runway) during landing or taking off, or (of an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along a runway. 3. (transitive) to pass swiftly over or down over, as water over a wheel. noun. 4. an act or instance of overshooting. 5.

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   1. To shoot or pass over or beyond. 2. To miss by or as if by shooting, hitting, or propelling something too far. 3. To fly beyond or past; overrun: The plane overshot the runway. 4. To go beyond; exceed. v.intr. To shoot or go too far. o′ver·shoot′ n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.