oversleep
Base form
oversleep
/ˌəʊvəˈsliːp//ˌəʊvərˈsliːp/
Past simple
overslept
/ˌəʊvəˈslept//ˌəʊvərˈslept/
Past participle
overslept
/ˌəʊvəˈslept//ˌəʊvərˈslept/
MeaningC1
to sleep longer than you intended
to oversleep and miss the bus
In use
- Negative · Form 1Set two alarms so you don’t oversleep tomorrow.
- After a modal verb · Form 1I might oversleep if I go to bed this late.
- Past simple · Form 2This morning I overslept and missed the bus.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Tom overslept and was late for his exam.
- Present perfect · Form 3Oh no, I’ve overslept and the taxi is already here!
- Past perfect · Form 3She had overslept, so she skipped breakfast.
Watch out
Overslept drops an e, like slept: oversleeped and oversleept are wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — BForms two and three are the same
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