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 Definitions of overshoot  [ˌoʊ vərˈʃut]  

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Definition of 'overshoot' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) overshoot
to shoot or go over, beyond, or above so as to miss.

2.  overshoot
to pass or go by or beyond.

3.  overshoot
to fly beyond the end of (a landing strip) when landing.

4. (v.i.) overshoot
to fly or go beyond.

5.  overshoot
to shoot over or above a mark.

Etymology:  (1325–75)

Definition of 'overshoot' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) overshoot, wave-off, go-around
an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

2. (verb) overshoot
shoot beyond or over (a target)

3. (verb) overshoot
aim too high
"The plan overshoots its aim"


Translation of 'overshoot' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to go farther than (the point one was aiming at)
The plane overshot the runway.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verbyskiet, oorskry, mis Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَجاوَز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: преминавам отвъд
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ultrapassar Czech flag Czech: přeletět German flag German: hinausschießen über
Danish flag Danish: overskride Greek flag Greek: περνώ, προχωρώ πέρα από Spanish flag Spanish: pasarse (de), salirse (de
Estonian flag Estonian: (märgist) mööda / üle pan Farsi flag Farsi: فراتر رفتن Finnish flag Finnish: ajaa ohi
French flag French: dépasser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַחטִיא אֶת הַמַטָרָה Hindi flag Hindi: लक्ष्य से बाहर चले जाना य
Croatian flag Croatian: zaletjeti se, otići preda Hungarian flag Hungarian: túlfut Indonesian flag Indonesian: meluncur lebih jauh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fara hærra/lengra en ætla Italian flag Italian: oltrepassare Japanese flag Japanese: 行き過ぎる
Korean flag Korean: 목표를 벗어나다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prašauti pro šalį, nepata Latvian flag Latvian: netrāpīt; trāpīt tālāk pa
Malay flag Malay: melewati Dutch flag Dutch: voorbijschieten Norwegian flag Norwegian: skyte over mål, skyte for
Polish flag Polish: przestrzelić, przelecieć Persian flag Persian: فراتر رفتن Pashto flag Pashto: زياتى كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ultrapassar Romanian flag Romanian: a depăşi punctul de ate­r Russian flag Russian: промахнуться; перелететь
Slovak flag Slovak: preletieť Slovenian flag Slovenian: iti predaleč Serbian flag Serbian: promašiti
Swedish flag Swedish: skjutaöver målet, missa, Thai flag Thai: ยิงเลยเป้าหมาย Turkish flag Turkish: hedefi aşmak, karavana at
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 超過,飛過目標 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: промахнутися; зайти надто Urdu flag Urdu: ہدف سے آگے مارنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bắn quá đích Chinese flag Chinese: 超过,飞过目标

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