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to oversleep

to oversleep

29 2.0
Sleep longer than you meant to and wake up late
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈsliːp/
translation icon : quedarse dormido
  • You know when you oversleep and it doesn't feel good?
  • overslept this morning
  • overslept and missed
  • Sorry, I overslept

And if I, if I would oversleep, I would ride with my dad.

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Examples

  • One morning, Johanna overslept and, still in her nightgown and robe, urged the boys, "Come now, eat up your porridge quickly."

    Fiction book (1992)

  • But then she opened her eyes, smiled, and said, 'Hi, Mrs. Barry, I guess I overslept.'

    Fiction book (2000)

  • And if I, if I would oversleep, I would ride with my dad.

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • What I need now is to "oversleep" and miss it!

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Did you oversleep again, Willie?

    Master Harold... and the Boys (2010)

  • And let's say I oversleep and I miss the dentist.

  • We set three alarms so we would not oversleep.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The next morning, for the first time in his life, Bryce overslept and missed his school bus.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • I woke up in a panic thinking I overslept, but I didn't and now I'm extremely exhausted.

    iJustine

  • I accidentally overslept this morning and missed my important meeting.

Synonyms

to sleep in
vsto oversleep
55 3.0

To stay in bed later than usual in the morning

describes later waking that is usually accidental rather than chosen
to sleep late
vsto oversleep
16 2.4

To stay in bed later than usual in the morning

means waking later than intended because you missed the planned wake time

Antonyms

to wake up
∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

to rise early
3 1.0

To get out of bed early in the morning

How Long

to oversleep
29 2.0
to sleep in
55 3.0
to sleep
∞ 1.0
nap
371 1.0
to doze
43 2.3

Surface Forms

oversleep infinitive
oversleeping present participle
oversleeps third person singular
overslept past
overslept past participle

Morphology

oversleep = sleep (transparent) = over + sleep

Standard productive prefixation: 'over-' (beyond/excessively) + 'sleep' yields 'sleep longer than intended', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Oversleep puts over- ('too much' or 'beyond') before sleep. So it means 'to sleep beyond' the time you planned, which is why to oversleep is to sleep longer than intended and sometimes miss things like work or class.