how to pronounce overreact

/ˈoʊvɚɹiːˈækt/

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overreact is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of overreact in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… to get the media to overreact the juice …”

meanings of overreact

verb:

To react too much or too intensely.

overreact frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word overreact occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics overreact can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that overreact can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;