Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overwait
Participle: overwaited
Gerund: overwaiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overwait |
| you | overwait |
| he;she;it | overwaits |
| we | overwait |
| you | overwait |
| they | overwait |
Perfect
| I | have overwaited |
| you | have overwaited |
| he;she;it | has overwaited |
| we | have overwaited |
| you | have overwaited |
| they | have overwaited |
Past
| I | overwaited |
| you | overwaited |
| he;she;it | overwaited |
| we | overwaited |
| you | overwaited |
| they | overwaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had overwaited |
| you | had overwaited |
| he;she;it | had overwaited |
| we | had overwaited |
| you | had overwaited |
| they | had overwaited |
Future
| I | will overwait |
| you | will overwait |
| he;she;it | will overwait |
| we | will overwait |
| you | will overwait |
| they | will overwait |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overwaited |
| you | will have overwaited |
| he;she;it | will have overwaited |
| we | will have overwaited |
| you | will have overwaited |
| they | will have overwaited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overwait |
| you | overwait |
| he;she;it | overwait |
| we | overwait |
| you | overwait |
| they | overwait |
Perfect
| I | have overwaited |
| you | have overwaited |
| he;she;it | have overwaited |
| we | have overwaited |
| you | have overwaited |
| they | have overwaited |
Imperfect
| I | overwaited |
| you | overwaited |
| he;she;it | overwaited |
| we | overwaited |
| you | overwaited |
| they | overwaited |
Pluperfect
| I | had overwaited |
| you | had overwaited |
| he;she;it | had overwaited |
| we | had overwaited |
| you | had overwaited |
| they | had overwaited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overwait |
| you | would overwait |
| he;she;it | would overwait |
| we | would overwait |
| you | would overwait |
| they | would overwait |
Perfect
| I | would have overwaited |
| you | would have overwaited |
| he;she;it | would have overwaited |
| we | would have overwaited |
| you | would have overwaited |
| they | would have overwaited |
Imperative
| you | overwait |
| we | Let's overwait |
| you | overwait |
Verbs conjugated like 'overwait'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overwait'
overwit,
overact,
overcast,
overeat,
overedit,
overfit,
overhail,
overhit,
overmast,
overpaint,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From over- + wait.
Sample Sentences
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I didn't waste any time getting to sleep, and the orderly didn't overwait his time, either. I miscalculated on the moon and the depth of our chasm. I expected the moon to appear some time before midnight, but she didn't. [1915, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, The Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute:]
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I'm convinced we behave like this because most of us overwait for times of respite, and then we try to cram a month's peace into two weeks of hectic vacationing. [2000, Jeff Walling, Daring to Dance With God:]