oversleep

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əʊvəˈsliːp/(UK)
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/əʊvəˈsliːp/(UK) · /oʊvəɹˈslip/(US)

Definition of oversleep

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To sleep for longer than intended.
    “I overslept and was late for school.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To sleep for longer than intended.
    “I overslept and was late for school.”
  2. (archaic, reflexive)To sleep for longer than one intended.
    “After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […].”
    “Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself.”
    “The following morning, Toad, who had overslept himself as usual, came down to breakfast disgracefully late, [...].”
  3. (transitive)To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).
    “to oversleep one's usual hour of rising”

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Etymology

From over- + sleep.

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