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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

overborrow en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + borrow.

Meanings

  1. To borrow too much money.
    • I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume. 2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times:

Forms

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overborrows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overborrowed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overborrowed Tense=Past lexicographic
overborrowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic