Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to oversleep
Participle: overslept
Gerund: oversleeping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | oversleep |
| you | oversleep |
| he;she;it | oversleeps |
| we | oversleep |
| you | oversleep |
| they | oversleep |
Perfect
| I | have overslept |
| you | have overslept |
| he;she;it | has overslept |
| we | have overslept |
| you | have overslept |
| they | have overslept |
Past
| I | overslept |
| you | overslept |
| he;she;it | overslept |
| we | overslept |
| you | overslept |
| they | overslept |
Pluperfect
| I | had overslept |
| you | had overslept |
| he;she;it | had overslept |
| we | had overslept |
| you | had overslept |
| they | had overslept |
Future
| I | will oversleep |
| you | will oversleep |
| he;she;it | will oversleep |
| we | will oversleep |
| you | will oversleep |
| they | will oversleep |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overslept |
| you | will have overslept |
| he;she;it | will have overslept |
| we | will have overslept |
| you | will have overslept |
| they | will have overslept |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | oversleep |
| you | oversleep |
| he;she;it | oversleep |
| we | oversleep |
| you | oversleep |
| they | oversleep |
Perfect
| I | have overslept |
| you | have overslept |
| he;she;it | have overslept |
| we | have overslept |
| you | have overslept |
| they | have overslept |
Imperfect
| I | overslept |
| you | overslept |
| he;she;it | overslept |
| we | overslept |
| you | overslept |
| they | overslept |
Pluperfect
| I | had overslept |
| you | had overslept |
| he;she;it | had overslept |
| we | had overslept |
| you | had overslept |
| they | had overslept |
Conditional
Present
| I | would oversleep |
| you | would oversleep |
| he;she;it | would oversleep |
| we | would oversleep |
| you | would oversleep |
| they | would oversleep |
Perfect
| I | would have overslept |
| you | would have overslept |
| he;she;it | would have overslept |
| we | would have overslept |
| you | would have overslept |
| they | would have overslept |
Imperative
| you | oversleep |
| we | Let's oversleep |
| you | oversleep |
Verbs conjugated like 'oversleep'
creep,
feel,
keep,
lose,
oversleep,
sleep,
sweep,
weep,
becreep,
besleep,
book-keep,
bookkeep,
cosleep,
downsweep,
foreweep,
forsleep,
gatekeep,
housekeep,
increep,
kape, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'oversleep'
oversteep,
oversweep,
overbleed,
overdreep,
overkeep,
overleap,
oversee,
overseed,
overslip,
oversteer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *úp
3. Proto-Indo-European *-er
4. Proto-Indo-European *upér
5. Proto-Germanic *uber
6. Old English ofer-
7. Middle English over-
8. English over-
9. English sleep
10. English oversleep
11. From over- + sleep.
Sample Sentences
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I overslept and was late for school.
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After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […]. [1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:]
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Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself. [1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section IV:]
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The following morning, Toad, who had overslept himself as usual, came down to breakfast disgracefully late, [...]. [1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:]
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to oversleep one's usual hour of rising