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How to pronounce “overshoot”

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Pronunciation guide for overshoot

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of overshoot with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Standthat we inevitably face a period of overshoot.
Definition summary: (countable) The amount by which something goes too far.

Example 1 of 8

The Tipping Points of Climate Change — and Where We Stand

that we inevitably face a period of overshoot.

[Noun]
(countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
(countable, uncountable, ecology) The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
(countable, uncountable, typography, design) The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
[Verb]
To go past something; to go too far.
To shoot beyond; to shoot too far to hit something.
To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
(figurative) To exceed.
(reflexive) To venture too far; to overreach (oneself).
To record too much photographic footage.

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