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oversleeping

oversleeping is the present participle and gerund of oversleep.

Meaning of oversleep

Verb

oversleep (third-person singular simple present oversleeps, present participle oversleeping, simple past and past participle overslept)

  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 […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn...
  3. (transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).
    • to oversleep one's usual hour of rising

Questions about oversleeping

What is oversleeping the present participle and gerund of?
Oversleeping is the present participle and gerund of oversleep.

Words near oversleeping in the dictionary

  1. overslay
  2. overslays
  3. oversleep
  4. oversleeper
  5. oversleepers
  6. oversleeping
  7. oversleeps
  8. oversleeve
  9. oversleeves
  10. overslept
  11. overslid

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