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# oversleep

«oversleep» in Mova's school dictionary: **To sleep longer than you meant to, so that you wake up late** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (oversleep, oversleeps, overslept, oversleeping)

### meaning for a pupil

To sleep longer than you meant to, so that you wake up late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday school life, oversleeping makes you late. It is common in stories and excuses.

### examples

- I overslept and missed the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x1)
- Don't oversleep on the day of the trip! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x2)
- He always oversleeps on Mondays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x3)
- Set two alarms so you won't oversleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x4)
- The Dormouse seemed to oversleep all the time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x5)
- She overslept and had to run to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/#x6)

### note

Past: overslept (not oversleeped). Do not confuse with «sleep over» (stay the night at a friend's house).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oversleep» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oversleep/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.