Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overbuild
Participle: overbuilt
Gerund: overbuilding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overbuild |
| you | overbuild |
| he;she;it | overbuilds |
| we | overbuild |
| you | overbuild |
| they | overbuild |
Perfect
| I | have overbuilt |
| you | have overbuilt |
| he;she;it | has overbuilt |
| we | have overbuilt |
| you | have overbuilt |
| they | have overbuilt |
Past
| I | overbuilt |
| you | overbuilt |
| he;she;it | overbuilt |
| we | overbuilt |
| you | overbuilt |
| they | overbuilt |
Pluperfect
| I | had overbuilt |
| you | had overbuilt |
| he;she;it | had overbuilt |
| we | had overbuilt |
| you | had overbuilt |
| they | had overbuilt |
Future
| I | will overbuild |
| you | will overbuild |
| he;she;it | will overbuild |
| we | will overbuild |
| you | will overbuild |
| they | will overbuild |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overbuilt |
| you | will have overbuilt |
| he;she;it | will have overbuilt |
| we | will have overbuilt |
| you | will have overbuilt |
| they | will have overbuilt |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overbuild |
| you | overbuild |
| he;she;it | overbuild |
| we | overbuild |
| you | overbuild |
| they | overbuild |
Perfect
| I | have overbuilt |
| you | have overbuilt |
| he;she;it | have overbuilt |
| we | have overbuilt |
| you | have overbuilt |
| they | have overbuilt |
Imperfect
| I | overbuilt |
| you | overbuilt |
| he;she;it | overbuilt |
| we | overbuilt |
| you | overbuilt |
| they | overbuilt |
Pluperfect
| I | had overbuilt |
| you | had overbuilt |
| he;she;it | had overbuilt |
| we | had overbuilt |
| you | had overbuilt |
| they | had overbuilt |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overbuild |
| you | would overbuild |
| he;she;it | would overbuild |
| we | would overbuild |
| you | would overbuild |
| they | would overbuild |
Perfect
| I | would have overbuilt |
| you | would have overbuilt |
| he;she;it | would have overbuilt |
| we | would have overbuilt |
| you | would have overbuilt |
| they | would have overbuilt |
Imperative
| you | overbuild |
| we | Let's overbuild |
| you | overbuild |
Verbs conjugated like 'overbuild'
bend,
build,
lend,
misspend,
overbuild,
overspend,
rebuild,
send,
shend,
spend,
berend,
besend,
bespend,
bodybuild,
databend,
foresend,
forespend,
forspend,
forthsend,
genderbend, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overbuild'
overbid,
overbill,
overbind,
overboil,
overbulk,
overgild,
outbuild,
overbend,
overbias,
overbide,
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. Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
10. Old English bytlan
11. Middle English bylden
12. English build
13. English overbuild
14. From over- + build.
Sample Sentences
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c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman
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How much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding' of rural Middlesex.
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The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office.