Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overrun
Participle: overrun
Gerund: overrunning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overrun |
| you | overrun |
| he;she;it | overruns |
| we | overrun |
| you | overrun |
| they | overrun |
Perfect
| I | have overrun |
| you | have overrun |
| he;she;it | has overrun |
| we | have overrun |
| you | have overrun |
| they | have overrun |
Past
| I | overran |
| you | overran |
| he;she;it | overran |
| we | overran |
| you | overran |
| they | overran |
Pluperfect
| I | had overrun |
| you | had overrun |
| he;she;it | had overrun |
| we | had overrun |
| you | had overrun |
| they | had overrun |
Future
| I | will overrun |
| you | will overrun |
| he;she;it | will overrun |
| we | will overrun |
| you | will overrun |
| they | will overrun |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overrun |
| you | will have overrun |
| he;she;it | will have overrun |
| we | will have overrun |
| you | will have overrun |
| they | will have overrun |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overrun |
| you | overrun |
| he;she;it | overrun |
| we | overrun |
| you | overrun |
| they | overrun |
Perfect
| I | have overrun |
| you | have overrun |
| he;she;it | have overrun |
| we | have overrun |
| you | have overrun |
| they | have overrun |
Imperfect
| I | overran |
| you | overran |
| he;she;it | overran |
| we | overran |
| you | overran |
| they | overran |
Pluperfect
| I | had overrun |
| you | had overrun |
| he;she;it | had overrun |
| we | had overrun |
| you | had overrun |
| they | had overrun |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overrun |
| you | would overrun |
| he;she;it | would overrun |
| we | would overrun |
| you | would overrun |
| they | would overrun |
Perfect
| I | would have overrun |
| you | would have overrun |
| he;she;it | would have overrun |
| we | would have overrun |
| you | would have overrun |
| they | would have overrun |
Imperative
| you | overrun |
| we | Let's overrun |
| you | overrun |
Verbs similar to 'overrun'
overburn,
overbuy,
overcut,
overdrug,
overdub,
overfund,
overhunt,
overman,
overprune,
overput,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to apply violent force to a person or object
- abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike, strike at, wap, whap
- invade
- overwhelm, sack, storm, defeat, occupy, raid, beat, trash
- infest
- swarm, spread, invade, overwhelm, ravage, beset, plague, torment
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 run
10. English overrun
11. From over- + run.
Sample Sentences
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But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead. [2000 April 26, Walter A. McDougall, “Who Were We in Vietnam?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, retrieved 03 Aug 2008:]
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The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
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those barbarous nations that over-ran the world [1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:]
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As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there. [2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2021:]
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The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
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One line overruns another in length.
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Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 18:23:]
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The collision occurred when an up empty electric train travelling on the up main through line overran the inner home signal and rammed the side of the departing 6.14 p.m. Waterloo-Weymouth steam train, which was leaving platform 12 for the down main through line. [1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 138:]
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The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
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The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
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In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
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all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly or yearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial. [2024 June 9, maia arson crimew, “israeli national police found trying to purchase stalkerware”, in maia blog, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:]
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None of them the feeble overren. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9:]
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Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States' support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong. [2005, Jesse Helms, “Jimmy Carter”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 106–107:]