oversleep

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Pronunciation[change]

  • IPA (key): /ˈəʊvərˌsliːp/

Verb[change]

Plain form
oversleep

Third-person singular
oversleeps

Past tense
overslept

Past participle
overslept

Present participle
oversleeping

  1. (intransitive) If you oversleep, you sleep longer than what you wanted.
    I overslept and was late for school.

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