overeat
Base form
overeat
/ˌəʊvərˈiːt/
Past simple
overate
/ˌəʊvərˈet//ˌəʊvərˈeɪt/
Past participle
overeaten
/ˌəʊvərˈiːtn/
MeaningC1
to eat more than you need
to overeat at the buffet
In use
- Negative · Form 1Try not to overeat at the buffet.
- After a modal verb · Form 1You can easily overeat at an all-you-can-eat restaurant.
- Past simple · Form 2At Christmas last year I overate and felt ill all evening.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the dog overate and fell asleep on the rug.
- Present perfect · Form 3I think I’ve overeaten — I can’t move!
- Past perfect · Form 3Everyone had overeaten, so nobody wanted dessert.
Watch out
Like eat: overate, then overeaten. Overeated and overaten are wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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