Overreach — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

beat through cleverness and wit

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌoʊvɚɹˈiːtʃ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌəʊvəɹˈiːtʃ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌəʊvəɹˈiːtʃ/

3 syllables Say it as /ˌoʊvɚɹˈiːtʃ/.

Examples

I beat the traffic
She outfoxed her competitors

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

circumvent outfox outwit beat outsmart

Parts of Speech

verb	fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
verb	beat through cleverness and wit “I beat the traffic”

Word Forms

beatable

adjective

susceptible to being defeated

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Überreichweite

Scheitern Sie, indem Sie zu hoch zielen oder sich zu sehr anstrengen

🇫🇷French

dépassement

échouer en visant trop haut ou en essayant trop fort

🇪🇸Spanish

extralimitarse

fracasar apuntando demasiado alto o esforzándose demasiado

🇮🇹Italian

esagerare

fallire puntando troppo in alto o provando troppo

🇳🇱Dutch

overschrijding

falen door te hoog te mikken of te hard te proberen

🇵🇹Portuguese

ultrapassar

falhar por mirar muito alto ou se esforçar demais

🇷🇺Russian

переусердствовать

потерпеть неудачу, стремясь слишком высоко или слишком сильно стараясь

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धोखा

बहुत ऊँचे लक्ष्य रखने या बहुत अधिक प्रयास करने से असफल होना

🇮🇳Tamil

மிகை

மிக உயர்ந்த இலக்கை அல்லது அதிக முயற்சி மூலம் தோல்வி

🇮🇳Telugu

అతివ్యాప్తి

చాలా ఎక్కువ లక్ష్యంతో లేదా చాలా కష్టపడి విఫలమవుతుంది

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઓવરરીચ

ખૂબ ઊંચું લક્ષ્ય રાખીને અથવા ખૂબ સખત પ્રયાસ કરીને નિષ્ફળ થાઓ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ

ತುಂಬಾ ಎತ್ತರದ ಗುರಿಯಿಟ್ಟು ಅಥವಾ ತುಂಬಾ ಕಠಿಣ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ವಿಫಲಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അതിരുകടക്കുന്നു

വളരെ ഉയർന്ന ലക്ഷ്യം വെച്ചോ കഠിനമായി ശ്രമിച്ചോ പരാജയപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਓਵਰਰੀਚ

ਬਹੁਤ ਉੱਚਾ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ ਜਾਂ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਖਤ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰਕੇ ਅਸਫਲ ਹੋਵੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

حد سے تجاوز

بہت اونچا مقصد بنا کر یا بہت زیادہ کوشش کر کے ناکام ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

越权

因目标太高或太努力而失败

🇯🇵Japanese

行き過ぎた

目標が高すぎたり、頑張りすぎたりして失敗する

🇰🇷Korean

감쪽 같이 속이다

너무 높은 목표를 세우거나 너무 열심히 노력하여 실패하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vượt quá

thất bại do đặt mục tiêu quá cao hoặc cố gắng quá mức

🇹🇭Thai

เกินขอบเขต

ล้มเหลวด้วยการตั้งเป้าหมายสูงเกินไปหรือพยายามมากเกินไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

memperdayakan

gagal karena membidik terlalu tinggi atau berusaha terlalu keras

🇲🇾Malay

melampaui batas

gagal dengan mensasarkan terlalu tinggi atau mencuba terlalu keras

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تجاوز

تفشل من خلال استهداف أهداف عالية جدًا أو المحاولة جاهدة

🇮🇷Persian

بیش از حد

با هدف گرفتن بیش از حد بالا یا تلاش زیاد شکست بخورید

🇹🇷Turkish

aşırı erişim

çok yükseğe nişan alarak veya çok çabalayarak başarısız olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

הגעת יתר

להיכשל על ידי כוונות גבוה מדי או ניסיון קשה מדי

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