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o·ver·sub·scribe
 oversubscribe
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- pronunciation:
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skraIb
- features:
- Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
oversubscribes, oversubscribing, oversubscribed |
| definition: |
to subscribe for more of (something) than can be supplied.
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| derivations: |
oversubscriber (n.), oversubscription (n.) |
The word oversubscribe
contains the following part:
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
  Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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