DictionaryAI

overshoot

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

  1. The amount by which something goes too far.
  2. The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
  3. 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. To exceed.
  5. To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
  6. To record too much photographic footage.

We haven’t written up overshoot yet: Simple and Standard meanings, examples and a quiz.