overset

[oh-ver-set, oh-ver-set]

verb (used with object)

overset, oversetting 

1. to upset or overturn; overthrow.

2. to throw into confusion; disorder physically or mentally.

verb (used without object)

overset, oversetting 

1. to become upset, overturned, or overthrown.

2. Printing.

   1. (of type or copy) to set in or to excess.

   2. (of space) to set too much type for.

noun

1. the act or fact of oversetting; upset; overturn.

2. Also called overmatter. Printing.,  matter set up in excess of space.

overset

verb

1. to disturb or upset

2. printing to set (type or copy) in excess of the space available

noun

1. another name for overmatter

Other Word Forms

• oversetter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overset¹

1150–1200; Middle English oversetten; over-, set

Example Sentences

“They take advantage of things you might do. In college you might overset or you might be too long with your outside hand punch. In the NFL, they take advantage of everything you do that might not be correct.”

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“The guard overset on me, so I spun back inside, and with some pressure by Mel on the backside, it made him step back,” Philon said of Driskel.

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Because the golden part is brighter, and in the center, it looks overset until you get close to the surface.

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On Instagram, Diesel shared a shot of he and Walker with overset text reading, “Brotherhood has no limits.”

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An exaggerated lifebuoy, with a "sparred" platform so arranged that in the event of the appliance being completely overset the "deck" would still be available, the "Carley" has undoubtedly proved its value in the present war.

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