English Explanatory Dictionary

oversleep

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To sleep for longer than intended.
  2. To sleep for longer than one intended.
  3. To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

Pronunciation

/əʊvəˈsliːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oversleep.wav /oʊvəɹˈslip/

Word forms

oversleep oversleeps oversleeping overslept

Etymology

From over- + sleep.

Antonyms

undersleep

Related words

outsleep sleep in sleep it out

Derived words

oversleeper

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتَغْرَقَ فِي النَّوْم Azerbaijani: yatıb qalmaq Belarusian: праспа́ць Bulgarian: успи́вам се Bulgarian: успя́ се Carpathian Rusyn: преспац Chinese Mandarin: 睡過頭 /睡过头 Czech: zaspat Danish: sove over sig Dutch: zich verslapen Faroese: ovsova Faroese: sova yvir Finnish: nukkua pommiin French: trop dormir German: verschlafen German: verpennen Greek: παρακοιμάμαι Hungarian: elalszik Icelandic: sofa yfir sig Italian: dormire troppo Japanese: 寝過ごす Japanese: 寝坊する Korean: 늦잠을 자다 Latvian: aizgulēties Lushootseed: ʔitutdubut Macedonian: се успие Māori: moeroa Norwegian Bokmål: forsove seg Polish: zasypiać Polish: zaspać Portuguese: dormir demais Portuguese: adormecer Russian: просыпа́ть Russian: проспа́ть Serbo-Croatian: преспа́вати Serbo-Croatian: prespávati Slovak: zaspať Slovene: prespati Spanish: quedarse dormido Swedish: försova sig Turkish: uyuyakalmak Ukrainian: просипа́ти Ukrainian: проспа́ти
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