overshoot

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- +‎ shoot. === Pronunciation === (noun) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.və.ʃuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.vɚˌʃut/ (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃut/ Rhymes: -uːt === Noun === overshoot (countable and uncountable, plural overshoots) (countable) The amount by which something goes too far. (countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity. (countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === overshoot (third-person singular simple present overshoots, present participle overshooting, simple past and past participle overshot) To go past something; to go too far. To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. (figurative) To exceed. (reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself). To record too much photographic footage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “overshoot”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.