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Oversleep

//oʊvəɹˈslip// verb

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"

Etymology

From over- + sleep.

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