Oversleep

Word OVERSLEEP
Character 9
Hyphenation o ver sleep
Pronunciations /ˈəʊvəɹˌsliːp/

Definitions and meanings of "Oversleep"

What do we mean by oversleep?

To sleep beyond one's usual or intended time for waking. intransitive verb

To sleep beyond the time for. intransitive verb

To sleep beyond: as, to oversleep the usual hour of rising.

To sleep beyond the proper or desired time of waking.

To sleep beyond. transitive verb

To sleep too long. intransitive verb

To involuntarily stay sleeping longer than planned. verb

Sleep longer than intended verb

To sleep for longer than intended.

To sleep for longer than one intended.

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Oversleep

The word "oversleep" in example sentences

Why is this man so fixated about wars, if you going to Iraq and telling our military it is time for them to come home, then by all means, please go but if you are going over to use them again, then God, please let McCain oversleep and miss his flight, thank you. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You could oversleep an hour and still get to work on time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm always behind on everything I'm doing, and sometimes I stay out late, drink beer, and oversleep, compounding the problem. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's windy and raining here in Providence (and oddly warm, high 50sF), and Spooky and I both took that as a cue to oversleep. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2010)

Expressions: en panne = out of order panne sèche = out of gas tomber en panne d'essence = to run out of gas laisser quelqu'un en panne = to let someone down avoir une panne d'oreiller = to oversleep rester en panne devant une difficulté = to be stumped (by a problem) ❋ Unknown (2010)

Petra did not sleep well that night, torn between worry that he might oversleep and …. overstimulating … images of the Freefolk girl dancing. ❋ Ewillett (2009)

Kids will oversleep and miss breakfast hours at the cafeteria. ❋ Emily Glazer (2011)

Would very much like to play some games on Lex, but I'm bound to oversleep. ❋ Nathreee (2010)

Age was a major varying factor, with younger people more likely to oversleep and those over 55 increasingly spurning a clock at all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But whereas I, amateur slumberer that I am, can only manage to oversleep by a matter of hours, Gareth has mastered the art to such a degree that he can do it for days at a time, as his contribution today on that bastion of truthiness, Freedom Central, demonstrates: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Frustrated iPhone users took to Twitter with their complaints, many noting that the glitch had caused them to oversleep and miss appointments. ❋ Bianca Bosker (2011)

She'd be so tired that she would oversleep and miss the pick-up time at the end of the school day. ❋ Melissa Bollow Tempel (2012)

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