overread
Pronunciations (2)
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/əʊvəˈɹiːd/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/əʊvəˈɹɛd/
Pronunciation notes
- past
Verb
To read over, or peruse.
Usage- Obsolete
- Examples
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Over the dore thus written she did spye, / Bee bold: she oft and oft it over-red, / Yet could not find what sence it figured […].
To interpret something to a greater degree, or in a more positive way, than appropriate; read in too much depth; overinterpret; overanalyze.
Usage- Transitive or intransitive
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To overread Plath's houses is to transform these biographical documents into spatial ones.
More examples (1)
At the same time, we overread. That is, we find in narratives qualities, motives, moods, ideas, judgments, even events for which there is no direct evidence in the discourse.
Did we just overread and overstate our place in the world?
To read too much or excessively.
Adjective
Having read too much.
Word forms
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