"overstay" meaning in English

See overstay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: overstays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From over- + stay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|stay}} over- + stay Head templates: {{en-noun}} overstay (plural overstays)
  1. The act of staying too long.
    Sense id: en-overstay-en-noun-w~7HbVOI

Verb

Forms: overstays [present, singular, third-person], overstaying [participle, present], overstayed [participle, past], overstayed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From over- + stay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|stay}} over- + stay Head templates: {{en-verb}} overstay (third-person singular simple present overstays, present participle overstaying, simple past and past participle overstayed)
  1. (intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time. Tags: intransitive Translations (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time): заседявам се (zasedjavam se) (Bulgarian), 呆得太久 (dāi de tài jiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 逾期停留 (yúqī tíngliú) (english: overstay one's visa) (Chinese Mandarin), langer blijven dan (Dutch), ylittää aikansa (Finnish), túltartózkodik [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-overstay-en-verb-s-BS5ir5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 80 2 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 26 59 15 Disambiguation of 'remain present after the agreed or appropriate time': 75 25
  2. (transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overstay-en-verb-M3ON8GMN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overstay one's welcome

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overstay meaning in English (4.2kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "overstay one's welcome"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "stay"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + stay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + stay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overstays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overstay (third-person singular simple present overstays, present participle overstaying, simple past and past participle overstayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 80 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 59 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with over-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time."
      ],
      "id": "en-overstay-en-verb-s-BS5ir5",
      "links": [
        [
          "agreed",
          "agreed"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "departure",
          "departure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zasedjavam se",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "word": "заседявам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dāi de tài jiǔ",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "word": "呆得太久"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "overstay one's visa",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yúqī tíngliú",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "word": "逾期停留"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "word": "langer blijven dan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "word": "ylittää aikansa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "(a megengedettnél, az engedélyezettnél) tovább marad",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 25",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
          "topics": [
            "technical",
            "engineering",
            "physical-sciences",
            "natural-sciences"
          ],
          "word": "túltartózkodik"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 24, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Grant Peck, “Thai court suspends PM Prayuth pending ruling on term limit”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 2022-08-24",
          "text": "Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "He overstayed his welcome."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain present beyond the limits of."
      ],
      "id": "en-overstay-en-verb-M3ON8GMN",
      "links": [
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overstay"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "stay"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + stay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + stay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overstays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overstay (plural overstays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Richard M. Stana, Overstay Enforcement",
          "text": "For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of staying too long."
      ],
      "id": "en-overstay-en-noun-w~7HbVOI"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overstay"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "overstay one's welcome"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "stay"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + stay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + stay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overstays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstayed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "overstayed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overstay (third-person singular simple present overstays, present participle overstaying, simple past and past participle overstayed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agreed",
          "agreed"
        ],
        [
          "appropriate",
          "appropriate"
        ],
        [
          "departure",
          "departure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 24, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Grant Peck, “Thai court suspends PM Prayuth pending ruling on term limit”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 2022-08-24",
          "text": "Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "He overstayed his welcome."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remain present beyond the limits of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zasedjavam se",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "word": "заседявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāi de tài jiǔ",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "word": "呆得太久"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "overstay one's visa",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúqī tíngliú",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "word": "逾期停留"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "word": "langer blijven dan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "word": "ylittää aikansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "(a megengedettnél, az engedélyezettnél) tovább marad",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "remain present after the agreed or appropriate time",
      "topics": [
        "technical",
        "engineering",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "word": "túltartózkodik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overstay"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with over-",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/3 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "over",
        "3": "stay"
      },
      "expansion": "over- + stay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From over- + stay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "overstays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "overstay (plural overstays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Richard M. Stana, Overstay Enforcement",
          "text": "For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of staying too long."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "overstay"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "overstay"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "overstay",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.