Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To sleep for longer than intended.

    I overslept and was late for school.

    verschlafen, verpennen

    просыпа́тьprosypátʹ, проспа́тьprospátʹ

    просипа́тиprosypáty, проспа́тиprospáty

    sleep longer than intended

  2. (transitive)To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

    to oversleep one's usual hour of rising

  3. (archaic, reflexive)To sleep for longer than one intended.

Examples

121 sentences
  1. How could you let me oversleep?

    Як ти міг дозволити мені проспати? — deniko

  2. Tom overslept and missed his bus.

    Том проспав і не встиг на свій автобус. — deniko

  3. I overslept and was not able to catch the bus.

    Я проспав і не встиг на автобус. — deniko

  4. He overslept this morning.

    Сьогодні вранці він проспав. — deniko

    ruСегодня утром он проспал. — marafon

    deEr hat heute Morgen verschlafen. — MUIRIEL

  5. Did you oversleep again?

    Ти знову проспав? — deniko

    ruТы опять проспал? — marafon

    deHast du schon wieder verschlafen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to sleep for longer than planned:
Русский
By meaning 1
to sleep for longer than planned:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to sleep for longer than planned:

Forms

oversleeps, oversleeping, overslept, overslept
Base formoversleep · to oversleep
3rd person singularoversleeps
Present participleoversleeping
Past simpleoverslept
Past participleoverslept

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoversleep
he, she, itoversleeps

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverslept

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill oversleep

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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