Word: overcommitments
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: o
ver
co
mmit
ments
Definition: Plural of overcommitment; a concept in computing that covers the assignment of more memory to virtual computing devices (or processes) than the physical machine they are hosted, or running on, actually has
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: excessively
Affix: commit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.