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Definition of overset in English: oversetverboversetting, oversets əʊvəˈsɛtˌoʊvərˈsɛt [with object]dated 1Overturn. he overset the primus stove while cooking his supper Example sentencesExamples - ‘She overset my trigonometry,’ Burns complained, ‘and set me off at a tangent from the sphere of my studies.’
- The Scriv. overset his cucurbit of corn mash with a jaundiced expletive.
- If, but only if, the SENT has gone wrong in law will the High Court overset its judgment.
- Her motion overset the ink bottle, flooding the seventh grain of rice.
- One is that the reasoning in Enderby, on which it is explicitly founded, was overset by the European Court of Justice.
Synonyms overturn, turn over, tip over, roll over, upturn, capsize, turn topsy-turvy 2Upset emotionally. the small kindness nearly overset her again Example sentencesExamples - He coughed, slightly overset by her uh, frank discussion of his private… matters.
- ‘Joel has overset her, altogether.’
- The shock overset her not-too-well-balanced mind.
Synonyms upset, overturn, topple over, turn over, throw over, knock over, push over, knock down, upend, invert, capsize, turn topsy-turvy
Definition of overset in US English: oversetverbˌoʊvərˈsɛtˌōvərˈset [with object]dated 1Overturn. he jumped up and overset the canoe Example sentencesExamples - Her motion overset the ink bottle, flooding the seventh grain of rice.
- The Scriv. overset his cucurbit of corn mash with a jaundiced expletive.
- One is that the reasoning in Enderby, on which it is explicitly founded, was overset by the European Court of Justice.
- ‘She overset my trigonometry,’ Burns complained, ‘and set me off at a tangent from the sphere of my studies.’
- If, but only if, the SENT has gone wrong in law will the High Court overset its judgment.
Synonyms overturn, turn over, tip over, roll over, upturn, capsize, turn topsy-turvy 2Upset emotionally. the small kindness nearly overset her again Example sentencesExamples - The shock overset her not-too-well-balanced mind.
- He coughed, slightly overset by her uh, frank discussion of his private… matters.
- ‘Joel has overset her, altogether.’
Synonyms upset, overturn, topple over, turn over, throw over, knock over, push over, knock down, upend, invert, capsize, turn topsy-turvy
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