Dictionary

oversleep en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /oʊvəɹˈslip/ (US)
• /əʊvəˈsliːp/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English sleep English oversleep From over- + sleep.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended.
   • I overslept and was late for school.
2. (archaic, reflexive) To sleep for longer than one intended.
   • Theodore made awkward excuses, and attributed his delay to having overslept himself. 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section IV:
   • The following morning, Toad, who had overslept himself as usual, came down to breakfast disgracefully late, [...]. 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
   • After such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […]. 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXXXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).
   • to oversleep one's usual hour of rising

Forms

Antonyms

undersleep

Deriveds

oversleeper

Relateds

sleep it out · sleep in · outsleep

Translations (43)

fi nukkua pommiin (to sleep for longer than planned) · fo ovsova (to sleep for longer than planned) · pl zaspać (to sleep for longer than planned) · sh преспа́вати (to sleep for longer than planned) · sv försova sig (to sleep for longer than planned) · it dormire troppo (to sleep for longer than planned) · rue преспац (to sleep for longer than planned) · el παρακοιμάμαι (to sleep for longer than planned) · es quedarse dormido (to sleep for longer than planned) · de verschlafen (to sleep for longer than planned) · be праспа́ць (to sleep for longer than planned) · az yatıb qalmaq (to sleep for longer than planned) · bg успи́вам се (to sleep for longer than planned) · cs zaspat (to sleep for longer than planned) · pt adormecer (to sleep for longer than planned) · sk zaspať (to sleep for longer than planned) · bg успя́ се (to sleep for longer than planned) · ru просыпа́ть (to sleep for longer than planned) · ru проспа́ть (to sleep for longer than planned) · sl prespati (to sleep for longer than planned) · fo sova yvir (to sleep for longer than planned) · hu elalszik (to sleep for longer than planned) · lv aizgulēties (to sleep for longer than planned) · sh prespávati (to sleep for longer than planned) · nb forsove seg (to sleep for longer than planned) · ja 寝過ごす (to sleep for longer than planned) · uk просипа́ти (to sleep for longer than planned) · tr uyuyakalmak (to sleep for longer than planned) · mi moeroa (to sleep for longer than planned) · fr trop dormir (to sleep for longer than planned) · ar اِسْتَغْرَقَ فِي النَّوْم (to sleep for longer than planned) · de verpennen (to sleep for longer than planned) · mk се успие (to sleep for longer than planned) · nl zich verslapen (to sleep for longer than planned) · ko 늦잠을 자다 (to sleep for longer than planned) · da sove over sig (to sleep for longer than planned) · lut ʔitutdubut (to sleep for longer than planned) · ja 寝坊する (to sleep for longer than planned) · uk проспа́ти (to sleep for longer than planned) · cmn 睡過頭 /睡过头 (to sleep for longer than planned) · is sofa yfir sig (to sleep for longer than planned) · pl zasypiać (to sleep for longer than planned) · pt dormir demais (to sleep for longer than planned)