Dictionary

overstay en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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 stay English overstay From over- + stay.

Meanings

1. The act of staying too long.
   • For example, if USCIS approves a change of status or extension of stay for a nonimmigrant, the alien may be authorized to remain in the country beyond his or her original period of admission without qualifying as an overstay. 2011, Richard M. Stana, Overstay Enforcement:

Forms

overstay en · VERB

Pronunciation

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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 stay English overstay From over- + stay.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate departure time.
2. (transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of.
   • "[H]e had overstayed his three-score and ten years by something like twenty years. He must have been ninety, if he was a day!" 1911, Bram Stoker, chapter 16, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC, page 152:
   • He overstayed his welcome.
   • Thailand’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha must suspend his active duties while the court decides whether he has overstayed his legal term in office. 2022 August 24, Tassanee Vejpongsa, Grant Peck, “Thai court suspends PM Prayuth pending ruling on term limit”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 24 Aug 2022:

Forms

Deriveds

overstayal · overstay one's welcome · overstayer

Translations (9)

cmn 逾期停留 (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · nl langer blijven dan (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · cmn 呆得太久 (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · fi ylittää aikansa (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · mi nohoroa (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · bg заседявам се (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · hu túltartózkodik (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · es quedarse más de la cuenta (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time) · es por (remain present after the agreed or appropriate time)