Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height.

    Before her diet, Jane was noticeably overweight, but she shed five kilos in the next two months.

    übergewichtig

    гру́зныйgrúznyj, ту́чныйtúčnyj, страда́ющий ожире́ниемstradájuščij ožirénijem

  2. Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.

    überladen

    перегру́женныйperegrúžennyj

  3. Having a portfolio relatively heavily invested in.

    Our portfolio is very overweight (in) Asian technology stocks.

More definitions
  • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

Examples

254 sentences
  1. Tom said that Mary wasn't overweight.

    Том сказав, що у Мері немає зайвої ваги.

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  2. Tom said that he wasn't overweight.

    Том сказав, що у нього немає зайвої ваги.

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  3. I'm a little overweight right now.

    У мене зараз є трохи надмірної ваги.

    ruУ меня сейчас немного лишний вес.

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  4. She wants to lose weight because she is overweight.

    Вона хоче схуднути, бо має зайву вагу.

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  5. I never was overweight.

    Я ніколи не мав зайвої ваги.

    ruЯ никогда не страдал лишним весом.

    deIch war nie übergewichtig.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
of a person, heavier than is healthy:
of a vehicle, weighing more than is allowed:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
of a person, heavier than is healthy:
of a vehicle, weighing more than is allowed:

Forms

more overweight, most overweight
Comparativemore overweight Lesson
Superlativemost overweight Lesson

regular

Synonyms

41 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it:fleshyheavy

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • a little overweight
  • little overweight
  • a bit overweight
  • as overweight as
  • bit overweight
  • slightly overweight
  • overweight but

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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