"overspeed" meaning in English

See overspeed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/ [General-American], /ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: overspeeds [plural]
Etymology: From over- + speed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|speed}} over- + speed Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overspeed (countable and uncountable, plural overspeeds)
  1. Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (speed that exceeds reasonable or permitted rate): ylinopeus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overspeed-en-noun-YU2OSiuf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 10 32 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 13 22 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 8 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 6 19 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 54 11 14 21

Verb

IPA: /ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/ [General-American], /ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: overspeeds [present, singular, third-person], overspeeding [participle, present], oversped [US, participle, past], oversped [US, past], overspeeded [UK, participle, past], overspeeded [UK, past]
Etymology: From over- + speed. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|speed}} over- + speed Head templates: {{en-verb|overspeeds|overspeeding|oversped|past2=overspeeded|past2_qual=mostly UK|past_qual=mostly US}} overspeed (third-person singular simple present overspeeds, present participle overspeeding, simple past and past participle (mostly US) oversped or (mostly UK) overspeeded)
  1. (intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate. Tags: intransitive Translations (to travel excessively fast): ajaa ylinopeutta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overspeed-en-verb-IK0hdLWo Disambiguation of 'to travel excessively fast': 86 10 5
  2. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast. Tags: intransitive, sometimes, transitive, usually Categories (topical): Mechanics Translations (to operate a machine too fast): käyttää ylikierroksilla (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overspeed-en-verb-RsTJch6r Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to operate a machine too fast': 7 88 6
  3. (India, intransitive) To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit. Tags: India, intransitive
    Sense id: en-overspeed-en-verb-M8C~YP6F Categories (other): Indian English, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 22 25 21 31

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "speed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + speed",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + speed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overspeeds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversped",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversped",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeded",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeded",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "overspeeds",
        "2": "overspeeding",
        "3": "oversped",
        "past2": "overspeeded",
        "past2_qual": "mostly UK",
        "past_qual": "mostly US"
      },
      "expansion": "overspeed (third-person singular simple present overspeeds, present participle overspeeding, simple past and past participle (mostly US) oversped or (mostly UK) overspeeded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "over‧speed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1691, John Evelyn, Kalendarium Hortense:",
          "text": "Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated ^([sic – meaning eradicated]).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate."
      ],
      "id": "en-overspeed-en-verb-IK0hdLWo",
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "beyond",
          "beyond"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "86 10 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to travel excessively fast",
          "word": "ajaa ylinopeutta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mechanics",
          "orig": "en:Mechanics",
          "parents": [
            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, A. C. Walshaw, Heat Engines (3 ed.):",
          "text": "The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To operate an engine or machine too fast."
      ],
      "id": "en-overspeed-en-verb-RsTJch6r",
      "links": [
        [
          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 88 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to operate a machine too fast",
          "word": "käyttää ylikierroksilla"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Indian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 25 21 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit."
      ],
      "id": "en-overspeed-en-verb-M8C~YP6F",
      "links": [
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, intransitive) To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "overspeed"
  ],
  "word": "overspeed"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underspeed"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "speed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + speed",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + speed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overspeeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "overspeed (countable and uncountable, plural overspeeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "over‧speed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 10 32 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 13 22 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 8 24 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 6 19 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 11 14 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1826, Samuel Weller Singer, The Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. King Lear...:",
          "text": "Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437:",
          "text": "Protection devices are provided for engine and locomotive overspeed (maximum service speed is set at 90 m.p.h.); [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 14, “Network News: RAIB issues briefing on emergency speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 972, page 16:",
          "text": "Investigating four 'overspeed' incidents during hot weather on July 18/19, RAIB discovered that confusion over where the BESRs [blanket emergency speed restrictions] started and finished, as well as the routes to which they applied, were contributory factors. […] There were no consequences from the overspeeds, [resulting from the BESRs] which had been put in place owing to danger of buckled rails.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate."
      ],
      "id": "en-overspeed-en-noun-YU2OSiuf",
      "links": [
        [
          "Speed",
          "speed#English"
        ],
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "reasonable",
          "reasonable"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "speed that exceeds reasonable or permitted rate",
          "word": "ylinopeus"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "overspeed"
  ],
  "word": "overspeed"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "speed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + speed",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + speed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overspeeds",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversped",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oversped",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeded",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overspeeded",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "overspeeds",
        "2": "overspeeding",
        "3": "oversped",
        "past2": "overspeeded",
        "past2_qual": "mostly UK",
        "past_qual": "mostly US"
      },
      "expansion": "overspeed (third-person singular simple present overspeeds, present participle overspeeding, simple past and past participle (mostly US) oversped or (mostly UK) overspeeded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "over‧speed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1691, John Evelyn, Kalendarium Hortense:",
          "text": "Caully-flowers over-speeding to pome and head..should be quite erradicated ^([sic – meaning eradicated]).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "travel",
          "travel"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ],
        [
          "beyond",
          "beyond"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To travel excessively fast or beyond the permitted rate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Mechanics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949, A. C. Walshaw, Heat Engines (3 ed.):",
          "text": "The device should be periodically tested by overspeeding the engine say once a month.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To operate an engine or machine too fast."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mechanics",
          "mechanics"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive, chiefly mechanics) To operate an engine or machine too fast."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "mechanics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "Indian English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(India, intransitive) To speed; to drive a vehicle faster than the permitted speed limit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "India",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to travel excessively fast",
      "word": "ajaa ylinopeutta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to operate a machine too fast",
      "word": "käyttää ylikierroksilla"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "overspeed"
  ],
  "word": "overspeed"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "underspeed"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "speed"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + speed",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + speed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overspeeds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "overspeed (countable and uncountable, plural overspeeds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "over‧speed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1826, Samuel Weller Singer, The Dramatic Works Of William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark. King Lear...:",
          "text": "Trashes are clogs strapped round the neck of a dog to prevent his overspeed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437:",
          "text": "Protection devices are provided for engine and locomotive overspeed (maximum service speed is set at 90 m.p.h.); [...].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 14, “Network News: RAIB issues briefing on emergency speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 972, page 16:",
          "text": "Investigating four 'overspeed' incidents during hot weather on July 18/19, RAIB discovered that confusion over where the BESRs [blanket emergency speed restrictions] started and finished, as well as the routes to which they applied, were contributory factors. […] There were no consequences from the overspeeds, [resulting from the BESRs] which had been put in place owing to danger of buckled rails.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Speed that exceeds a reasonable or permitted rate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Speed",
          "speed#English"
        ],
        [
          "exceed",
          "exceed"
        ],
        [
          "reasonable",
          "reasonable"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoʊ.vɚˌspid/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈspiːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "speed that exceeds reasonable or permitted rate",
      "word": "ylinopeus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "overspeed"
  ],
  "word": "overspeed"
}

Download raw JSONL data for overspeed meaning in English (5.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.