Meaning

1 senses
  1. To stay beyond or longer than.

    stay too long

Examples

4 sentences
  1. We outstayed our welcome.

  2. The song outstays its welcome: it should be a couple of minutes shorter.

    deDas Lied geht einem mit der Zeit auf den Wecker: es sollte ein paar Minuten kürzer sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. That song outstays its welcome.

    deVon diesem Lied hat man langsam genug. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. "We haven't outstayed our welcome, I hope?" "No, it's fine. We always go to bed this late."

    de„Hoffentlich sind wir nicht zu lange geblieben?" - „Nein, schon in Ordnung, wir gehen immer so spät zu Bett.“ — Esperantostern

Forms

outstays, outstaying, outstayed, outstayed
Base formoutstay · to outstay
3rd person singularoutstays
Present participleoutstaying
Past simpleoutstayed
Past participleoutstayed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutstay
he, she, itoutstays

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutstayed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outstayed
he, she, ithas outstayed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outstay

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoutstayer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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