Oversleep

//oʊvəɹˈslip// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To sleep for longer than intended. intransitive

    "I overslept and was late for school."

  2. 2
    sleep longer than intended wordnet
  3. 3
    To sleep for longer than one intended. archaic, reflexive

    "After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […]."

  4. 4
    To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.). transitive

    "to oversleep one's usual hour of rising"

Synonyms

All synonyms
be behindhandbe latebe overdueblow the chanceburn the midnight oildoze

Example

More examples

"Do not oversleep tomorrow morning."

Etymology

From over- + sleep.

Related phrases

sleep insleep it out

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