English to English Dictionary

Ovation

A sustained and enthusiastic display of appreciation, approval, or acclaim, typically manifesting as loud and prolonged applause.

Overaccumulate

To accumulate or gather something in excessive amounts.

Overbroad

Excessively broad or wide; too general in scope.

Overcompensate

To take excessive measures in order to correct or make up for a perceived weakness, fault, or shortage.

Overcontrol

To exert excessive control over someone or something.

Overlord

A person who has power over others; a ruler or master.

Overpower

To defeat or gain control over someone or something by superior force, strength, or numbers.

Overreach

To reach beyond or exceed the limits of something, often in a context of authority or capability.

Overreacher

A person who attempts to do or achieve more than they are capable of, or who tries to gain an advantage through excessive ambition or cunning.

Oversample

To sample at a rate significantly higher than the Nyquist rate in signal processing, or to survey a larger or disproportionate number of respondents from a specific demographic group in statistics.

Owl-like

Resembling an owl in appearance, behavior, or sound, such as having large round eyes or making a hooting noise.

Oysteresis

The phenomenon in which the value of a physical property lags behind changes in the effect causing it.