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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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19,295 words · showing 11,821–11,880

  • overheadsnounC1The running costs a business pays whatever it sells.
  • overhear/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/verbB2To hear something you were not meant to.
  • overheatingnounB2The becoming too hot for safe working.
  • overkill/ˈəʊ.vəˌkɪl/nounB2Far more force or effort than the job needed.
  • overlap/ˌəʊvəˈlæp/verbB22 meaningsTo cover part of the same area or time as something else.
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A layer placed on top of something else.
  • overload/ˌəʊvəˈləʊd/nounB2More than a system or a person can carry.
  • overlock/ˈəʊvəˌlɒk/verbC2To finish a raw edge so it cannot fray.
  • overlook/ˈəʊvəˌlʊk/verbC14 meaningsTo fail to notice or consider something.
  • overlord/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)lɔː(ɹ)d/<q:noun>nounC1The supreme master in a feudal chain, to whom lesser nobles owe their lands and their loyalty.
  • overlyadverbC1More than is good or reasonable.
  • overnight/əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/adverbB23 meaningsDuring the night.
  • overpass/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)pæs/nounB1+A bridge carrying one road above another.
  • overpower/əʊvəˈpaʊə/verbB22 meaningsTo defeat someone by greater strength.
  • overpoweringadjectiveB2+So strong that nothing else can be noticed.
  • overpricedadjectiveB1+Costing far more than it is honestly worth.
  • overprotective/ˌoʊvɚpɹəˈtɛktɪv/adjectiveB2+Guarding somebody far more than they need.
  • overrated/ˌəʊvəˈɹeɪtɪd/adjectiveB2Thought to be better or more important than it really is.
  • overreach/ˌəʊvəˈɹiːt͡ʃ/verbB2+To try for more than you can manage and fail.
  • overreact/ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/verbB2+To respond far more strongly than a thing deserves.
  • override/əʊ.vəˈɹaɪd/verbB2+2 meaningsTo set aside somebody else's decision.
  • overrule/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹuːl/verbB2+To decide against a lower court or an objection.
  • overrun/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹʌn/verbB22 meaningsTo take a position by sweeping straight over it.
  • overseas/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/adverbB22 meaningsAcross the sea from where you are.
  • oversee/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/verbC1To watch over work as the one responsible.
  • overseer/ˈəʊvəˌsiːə(ɹ)/nounC1Somebody who supervises workers.
  • overshadow/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/verbB2+To make something else seem less important.
  • oversharingnounB2Telling the internet more than anybody needed.
  • oversight/ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/nounB2+Supervision, or a mistake made by not noticing.
  • oversleep/əʊvəˈsliːp/verbB2To sleep longer than you intended.
  • overstep/ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/verbB2+To go beyond a limit you should have respected.
  • overt/ə(ʊ)ˈvɜːt/adjectiveC1Done openly, with nothing hidden.
  • overtake/əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/verbB2+To pass the slower vehicle in front of you.
  • overthinkverbB2+To think about something so much that you make it worse.
  • overthrow/əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/verbB2+2 meaningsTo remove a ruler or a government by force.
  • overtime/ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/nounB23 meaningsHours worked beyond your normal working day, or the extra pay you get for them.
  • overtime paynounB1Extra money for hours worked beyond the normal day.
  • overtlyadverbC1Openly, and without any attempt to hide it.
  • overtone/ˈoʊvɚtoʊn/nounC1A shade of extra meaning that a word or an act carries with it, as when a remark is said to have racial or religious ones.
  • overture/ˈəʊvətjʊə/nounB2+2 meaningsThe orchestral opening played before an opera.
  • overturn/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/verbC12 meaningsTo reverse a previous decision or result.
  • overweening/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/adjectiveC2Showing far too high an opinion of yourself.
  • overwhelm/ˌəʊ.vəˈ(h)wɛlm/verbC13 meaningsTo affect someone so strongly, with feeling or with work, that they cannot cope.
  • overwhelmed/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmd/adjectiveB23 meaningsUnable to cope because there is more work, pressure or emotion than you can manage.
  • overwhelming/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmɪŋ/adjectiveB22 meaningsSo strong that it fills everything.
  • overwork/ˌəʊvəˈwɜːk/nounB2+Too much work for one person to manage.
  • overwrought/əʊ.vəˈɹɔːt/adjectiveC12 meaningsToo tense and excited to think clearly.
  • overzealous/ˌəʊvəˈzɛləs/adjectiveC1Far keener than the situation calls for.
  • owe/əʊ/verbA23 meaningsTo have to pay money back to somebody.
  • owl/aʊ(ə)l/nounB2A night bird of prey with large round eyes.
  • own/əʊn/verbA13 meaningsTo have something as your legal property.
  • own brandnounB2A product sold under the shop's own name.
  • own upphraseB2To admit that you did something wrong.
  • owner/ˈoʊnɚ/nounA2Somebody who owns something.
  • ownership/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/nounB2The fact of having something as your own.
  • oxen/ˈɑksən/nounB1+Cattle trained to pull ploughs and carts.
  • oxidation/ɒksɪˈdeɪʃ(ə)n/nounB2+Reaction with oxygen, or the loss of electrons.
  • oxygen/ˈɒksɪd͡ʒən/nounB12 meaningsThe gas in the air that living things breathe and fires need.
  • oxygen masknounB2The mask that drops if cabin air pressure fails.
  • oxymoron/ɒksɪˈmɔːɹɒn/nounC1A phrase that joins two words that contradict each other.