Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense overshoots, present participle overshooting, past tense, past participle overshotpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (oʊvəʳʃuːt). The noun is pronounced (oʊvəʳʃuːt).
1. verb
If you overshoot a place that you want to get to, you go past it by mistake.
The plane apparently overshot the runway after landing. [VERB noun]
They had already overshot the corner once. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
2. verb
If a government or organization overshoots its budget, it spends more than it had planned to.
The government usually overshot its original spending target. [VERB noun]
Overshoot is also a noun.
...the 100 million pounds overshoot in the cost of building the hospital. [+ in]
overshoot in British English
(ˌəʊvəˈʃuːt)
verbWord forms: -shoots, -shooting or -shot
1.
to shoot or go beyond (a mark or target)
2.
to cause (an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along (a runway) during landing or taking off, or (of an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along a runway
3. (transitive)
to pass swiftly over or down over, as water over a wheel
noun
4.
an act or instance of overshooting
5.
the extent of such overshooting
6.
a momentary excessive response of an electrical or mechanical system
overshoot in American English
(ˌoʊvərˈʃut; ˈoʊvərˌʃut)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈshot or ˌoverˈshooting
1.
to shoot or pass over or beyond (a target, mark, etc.); specif., to fly an aircraftbeyond (a runway, landing field, etc.) while trying to land
2.
to go farther than (an intended or normal limit); exceed
verb intransitive
3.
to shoot or go too far
More idioms containing
overshoot
overshoot the mark
Examples of 'overshoot' in a sentence
overshoot
`I think I overshoot ," Lieutenant Ivan Kondrat'evich of the Ukrainian Air Force replied.