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OVERSPEND (overspent)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected form: overspent  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overspend mean? 

OVERSPEND (verb)
  The verb OVERSPEND has 2 senses:

1. spend more than available of (a budget)play

2. spend at a high rateplay

  Familiarity information: OVERSPEND used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERSPEND (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overspend  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overspends  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overspended  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overspended  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overspending  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend more than available of (a budget)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overspend" is one way to...):

spend (spend completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

underspend (spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example))


Sense 2

Meaning:

Spend at a high rate

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "overspend" is one way to...):

consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

underspend (spend at less than the normal rate)


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