how to pronounce overact

/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹækt/

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overact is pronounced in three syllables

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əʊvəɹækt

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An example use of overact in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… businesses overact make just how often …”

meanings of overact

verb:

  1. To act in an exaggerated manner.
  2. To act upon, or influence, unduly.

overact frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word overact occurs in english on average 0 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 overact 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 overact can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

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