overspend
Base form
overspend
/ˌəʊvəˈspend//ˌəʊvərˈspend/
Past simple
overspent
/ˌəʊvəˈspent//ˌəʊvərˈspent/
Past participle
overspent
/ˌəʊvəˈspent//ˌəʊvərˈspent/
MeaningC1
to spend more money than you can afford or than was planned
to overspend your budget
In use
- Negative · Form 1Try not to overspend at Christmas this year.
- After a modal verb · Form 1You can easily overspend when you shop online.
- Past simple · Form 2Last month we overspent on the holiday.
- Past simple · Form 2In 2022 the council overspent its budget by two million pounds.
- Present perfect · Form 3I’ve overspent again, so no more coffee this week!
- Past perfect · Form 3By March the school had overspent on books.
Watch out
Not overspended: as spend → spent, the past is overspent. Overspented is wrong too.
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