Meaning

1 senses

  1. To wait for an excessive amount of time; wait beyond the time allowed or expected; wait too long.

Origin

From over- + wait.

From over- + wait.

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Forms

overwaits, overwaiting, overwaited, overwaited
Base formoverwait · to overwait
3rd person singularoverwaits
Present participleoverwaiting
Past simpleoverwaited
Past participleoverwaited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverwait
he, she, itoverwaits

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverwaited

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overwait

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overuseoverviewoverweightA2overwhelmB1
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