"overdo" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌəʊvəˈduː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊvɚˈdu/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overdo.wav [Southern-England] Forms: overdoes [present, singular, third-person], overdoing [participle, present], overdid [past], overdone [participle, past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + do. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overdon}} Middle English overdon, {{inh|en|ang|oferdōn}} Old English oferdōn, {{af|en|over-|do|pos=verb}} over- + do Head templates: {{en-verb|overdoes|overdoing|overdid|overdone}} overdo (third-person singular simple present overdoes, present participle overdoing, simple past overdid, past participle overdone)
  1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far. Synonyms: exaggerate Translations (to cook too much — see also overcook): препичам (prepičam) (Bulgarian), преварявам (prevarjavam) (Bulgarian), trop cuire (French), zu lange kochen (German), túlfőz (Hungarian), túlsüt (Hungarian), cuocere troppo (Italian), cocer demasiado (Spanish) Translations (to do too much of something): прекалявам (prekaljavam) (Bulgarian), exagerar (Catalan), 做得過分 (Chinese Mandarin), 做得过分 (zuò de guòfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), přehnat (Czech), overdrijven (Dutch), trofari (Esperanto), troigi (Esperanto), liioitella (Finnish), en faire trop (French), esaxerar (Galician), pasarse (Galician), excederse (Galician), übertreiben (German), παρακάνω (parakáno) (Greek), παραξηλώνω (paraxilóno) (Greek), túlzásba visz (Hungarian), eltúloz (Hungarian), esagerare (Italian), やり過ぎる (yarisugiru) (Japanese), exagerar (Portuguese), перестараться (perestaratʹsja) (Russian), переусердствовать (pereuserdstvovatʹ) (Russian), переборщить (pereborščitʹ) [informal] (Russian), pretiravati (Slovene), pasarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-overdo-en-verb-vqhatJ~2 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 25 33 27 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 28 21 29 22 Disambiguation of 'to cook too much — see also overcook': 51 12 32 5 Disambiguation of 'to do too much of something': 63 0 35 2
  2. To cook for too long. Synonyms: overcook
    Sense id: en-overdo-en-verb-en:overcook Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 28 33 29 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 25 33 27 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 28 21 29 22
  3. To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something). Synonyms: overtask, overtax, fatigue, exhaust, wear out Translations (to fatigue, to exhaust): преуморявам (preumorjavam) (Bulgarian), túlhajszol (Hungarian), agyonhajszol (Hungarian), kimerít (Hungarian), whakawhēnanau (Maori), whakakoio (Maori)
    Sense id: en-overdo-en-verb-Dp28CQVP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 28 33 29 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 25 33 27 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 28 21 29 22 Disambiguation of 'to fatigue, to exhaust': 8 3 84 5
  4. (obsolete) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: excel, outdo, surpass
    Sense id: en-overdo-en-verb-tblc3en4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English verbs prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 28 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 21 29 39 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 14 25 33 27 Disambiguation of English verbs prefixed with over-: 28 21 29 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overdoer, overdoneness Related terms: do-over [noun], do over [verb], overdone [adjective]

Inflected forms

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          "word": "trop cuire"
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          "word": "cuocere troppo"
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          "text": "to overdo one’s strength",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1680, Matthew Stevenson, “Acontius to Cydippe”, in The Wits Paraphras’d, or, Paraphrase upon Paraphrase in a Burlesque on the Several Late Translations of Ovids Epistles, London: Will. Cademan, page 134",
          "text": "And you’re so weak I’le not pursue you,\nFor fear lest I should overdo you.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1799, Hannah More, chapter 16, in Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, volume 2, London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, page 156",
          "text": "[…] look abroad and see who are the people that complain of weariness, listlessness, and dejection? You will not find them among such as are overdone with work, but with pleasure.",
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        {
          "ref": "1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, “A Full Peal of Grandsire Triples”, in The Nine Tailors, London: Victor Gollancz, published 1975, Part 5",
          "text": "“Oh!” said Mrs. Venables, “how tiresome it all is. I’m sure you’ll wear your brains right out with all these problems. You mustn’t overdo yourself. [...]”",
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          "ref": "1629, Cristóbal de Fonseca, translated by James Mabbe, Deuout Contemplations, London: Adam Islip, Sermon 2, page 36",
          "text": "In a delicate Garden, where Art hath shewed it’s vtmost, yee shall meet with Roses, Gillyflowers, and Fountaines of Alabaster and Iasper; but thou wilt not so much admire this, as if thou shouldst light on these dainties in a Desert, or in some craggie Mountain, where the hand of nature shall ouerdoe that of art and Industrie.",
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          "ref": "1654, John Cleveland, The Idol of the Clownes, London, page 35",
          "text": "[...] it would be their shame for ever to be overdone in mischiefe, nor were they here exceeded.",
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          "ref": "1709, Aaron Hill, chapter 4, in A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, London: for the author, page 28",
          "text": "the Turks delight but little in the outward Ornament of Houses, nor aspire in the least to overdo each other in the Europaean Custom of Polite and Solid Architecture, yet do they far more exceed us in the rich Ornaments and Contrivances of their Pavilions,",
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        "To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent."
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        "(obsolete) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent."
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms inherited from Old English",
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      "word": "overdoneness"
    }
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      "form": "overdoes",
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      "tags": [
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          "word": "underdo"
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          "word": "downplay"
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          "text": "I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1952, Patricia Highsmith, chapter 16, in The Price of Salt, New York: Norton, published 2004, page 200",
          "text": "Carol had overdone the ventilation and the room was cold.",
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        }
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        "To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far."
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          "word": "exaggerate"
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          "word": "underdo"
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          "word": "undercook"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "to overdo the meat",
          "type": "example"
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        "To cook for too long."
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          "word": "overcook"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "to overdo one’s strength",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1680, Matthew Stevenson, “Acontius to Cydippe”, in The Wits Paraphras’d, or, Paraphrase upon Paraphrase in a Burlesque on the Several Late Translations of Ovids Epistles, London: Will. Cademan, page 134",
          "text": "And you’re so weak I’le not pursue you,\nFor fear lest I should overdo you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1799, Hannah More, chapter 16, in Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education, volume 2, London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, page 156",
          "text": "[…] look abroad and see who are the people that complain of weariness, listlessness, and dejection? You will not find them among such as are overdone with work, but with pleasure.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, “A Full Peal of Grandsire Triples”, in The Nine Tailors, London: Victor Gollancz, published 1975, Part 5",
          "text": "“Oh!” said Mrs. Venables, “how tiresome it all is. I’m sure you’ll wear your brains right out with all these problems. You mustn’t overdo yourself. [...]”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something)."
      ],
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          "work"
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        [
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        {
          "word": "overtask"
        },
        {
          "word": "overtax"
        },
        {
          "word": "fatigue"
        },
        {
          "word": "exhaust"
        },
        {
          "word": "wear out"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1629, Cristóbal de Fonseca, translated by James Mabbe, Deuout Contemplations, London: Adam Islip, Sermon 2, page 36",
          "text": "In a delicate Garden, where Art hath shewed it’s vtmost, yee shall meet with Roses, Gillyflowers, and Fountaines of Alabaster and Iasper; but thou wilt not so much admire this, as if thou shouldst light on these dainties in a Desert, or in some craggie Mountain, where the hand of nature shall ouerdoe that of art and Industrie.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1654, John Cleveland, The Idol of the Clownes, London, page 35",
          "text": "[...] it would be their shame for ever to be overdone in mischiefe, nor were they here exceeded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1709, Aaron Hill, chapter 4, in A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire, London: for the author, page 28",
          "text": "the Turks delight but little in the outward Ornament of Houses, nor aspire in the least to overdo each other in the Europaean Custom of Polite and Solid Architecture, yet do they far more exceed us in the rich Ornaments and Contrivances of their Pavilions,",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent."
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        "(obsolete) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent."
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          "word": "surpass"
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      "homophone": "overdue (US, some dialects)"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekaljavam",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "прекалявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "exagerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "做得過分"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuò de guòfèn",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "做得过分"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "přehnat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "overdrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "trofari"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "troigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "liioitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "en faire trop"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "esaxerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "pasarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "excederse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "übertreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parakáno",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "παρακάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paraxilóno",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "παραξηλώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "túlzásba visz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "eltúloz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "esagerare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yarisugiru",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "やり過ぎる"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "exagerar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perestaratʹsja",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "перестараться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereuserdstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "переусердствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereborščitʹ",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "переборщить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "pretiravati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to do too much of something",
      "word": "pasarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prepičam",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "препичам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevarjavam",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "преварявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "trop cuire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "zu lange kochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "túlfőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "túlsüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "cuocere troppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cook too much — see also overcook",
      "word": "cocer demasiado"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "preumorjavam",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "преуморявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "túlhajszol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "agyonhajszol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "kimerít"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "whakawhēnanau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fatigue, to exhaust",
      "word": "whakakoio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overdo"
}

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