Meaning

1 senses

  1. To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.

    To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.

    spend more than available of (a budget)

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Are you sure you're not overspending?

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  2. When you travel abroad, you start to feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

overspends, overspending, overspent, overspent
Base formoverspend · to overspend
3rd person singularoverspends
Present participleoverspending
Past simpleoverspent
Past participleoverspent

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverspend
he, she, itoverspends

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverspent

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overspend

Antonyms

1 antonyms
underspend

Word family

2 related words
Derivedoverspenderoverspenditure

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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