verb🔗ShareTo expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit."The student tried to overextend himself by taking on too many extracurricular activities, which ultimately led to poor grades. "businessfinanceeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension."My son overextended the term "hero" to include all his friends who helped him with his homework. "languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks."In chess, a player might overextend their pawn, leaving it isolated and easily captured by the other player's pieces. "gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
