overstay
overstay verb: to remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
Verb
overstay (third-person singular simple present overstays, present participle overstaying, simple past and past participle overstayed)
- To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
- To remain present beyond the limits of.
- He overstayed his welcome.
- "[H]e had overstayed his three-score and ten years by something like twenty years. He must have been ninety, if he was a day!"1911, Bram Stoker, chapter 16, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC, page 152
Noun
overstay (plural overstays)
- The act of staying too long.
- For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay.2011, Richard M. Stana, Overstay Enforcement
overstay meaning in Tamil and Kannada
overstay in Tamil
- கருதாப் பிழை, கவனக்குறைவு, காணத் தவறுகை
overstay in Kannada
- ಮೀರಿತಂಗು
Forms of overstay
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overstays |
| present participle | overstaying |
| past participle | overstayed |
| past | overstayed |
| Noun | |
| plural | overstays |
Origin of overstay
From over- + stay.
Words formed from overstay
Words that rhyme with overstay
Questions about overstay
- What does overstay mean?
- Overstay means to remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
- What is overstay in Tamil?
- Overstay in Tamil is கருதாப் பிழை, கவனக்குறைவு, காணத் தவறுகை. See Overstay meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is overstay?
- Overstay can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of overstay?
- The past tense of overstay is overstayed.
Words near overstay in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overstay (page history and authors); overstay (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overstay (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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