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overscore

[ oh-ver-skawr, -skohr ]

verb (used with object)

overscored, overscoring.
  1. to score over, as with strokes or lines.


overscore

/ ˌəʊəˈɔː /

verb

  1. tr to cancel or cross out by drawing a line or lines over or through
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overscore1

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + score
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Example Sentences

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"If we overscore cost in the evaluation then we risk squeezing contractors' profits and if they've got their sums wrong they may take their best staff off the contract and the taxpayer gets a sub-standard delivery."

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Most of the cello’s range, however, is smack in the middle of the orchestra as a whole, and it’s terribly easy for a composer to overscore the music and swamp the soloist.

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Overscore, ō-vėr-skōr′, v.t. to score or draw lines over anything: to erase by this means.

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When necessary to write in long hand, underscore u and overscore n, and print proper names and unusual words.

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If you write by hand print out proper names as legibly as possible; underscore u and overscore n.

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