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Meaning of "over-use" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVER-USE

over-use  [ˌəʊvəˈjuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVER-USE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Over-Use is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb over-use in English.

WHAT DOES OVER-USE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of over-use in the English dictionary

The definition of over-use in the dictionary is to use excessively. Other definition of over-use is excessive use.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVER-USE

PRESENT

Present
I over-use
you over-use
he/she/it over-uses
we over-use
you over-use
they over-use
Present continuous
I am over-using
you are over-using
he/she/it is over-using
we are over-using
you are over-using
they are over-using
Present perfect
I have over-used
you have over-used
he/she/it has over-used
we have over-used
you have over-used
they have over-used
Present perfect continuous
I have been over-using
you have been over-using
he/she/it has been over-using
we have been over-using
you have been over-using
they have been over-using
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I over-used
you over-used
he/she/it over-used
we over-used
you over-used
they over-used
Past continuous
I was over-using
you were over-using
he/she/it was over-using
we were over-using
you were over-using
they were over-using
Past perfect
I had over-used
you had over-used
he/she/it had over-used
we had over-used
you had over-used
they had over-used
Past perfect continuous
I had been over-using
you had been over-using
he/she/it had been over-using
we had been over-using
you had been over-using
they had been over-using
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will over-use
you will over-use
he/she/it will over-use
we will over-use
you will over-use
they will over-use
Future continuous
I will be over-using
you will be over-using
he/she/it will be over-using
we will be over-using
you will be over-using
they will be over-using
Future perfect
I will have over-used
you will have over-used
he/she/it will have over-used
we will have over-used
you will have over-used
they will have over-used
Future perfect continuous
I will have been over-using
you will have been over-using
he/she/it will have been over-using
we will have been over-using
you will have been over-using
they will have been over-using
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would over-use
you would over-use
he/she/it would over-use
we would over-use
you would over-use
they would over-use
Conditional continuous
I would be over-using
you would be over-using
he/she/it would be over-using
we would be over-using
you would be over-using
they would be over-using
Conditional perfect
I would have over-use
you would have over-use
he/she/it would have over-use
we would have over-use
you would have over-use
they would have over-use
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been over-using
you would have been over-using
he/she/it would have been over-using
we would have been over-using
you would have been over-using
they would have been over-using
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you over-use
we let´s over-use
you over-use
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to over-use
Past participle
over-used
Present Participle
over-using
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVER-USE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
ill-use
ˈɪlˈjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
underuse
ˌʌndəˈjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
virtues
ˈvɜːtjuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVER-USE

over-able
over-advertise
over-aged
over-alert
over-articulate
over-assessment
over-busy
over-designed
over-engineered
over-the-counter
over-the-counter market
over-the-top
over-under
overabound
overabound in
overabundance
overabundant
overaccentuate
overachieve
overachievement

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVER-USE

because
blouse
cause
child abuse
cost-in-use
Father of the House
guesthouse
house
in-house
lady of the house
masseuse
mouse
pause
single-use
spouse
the House
the White House
Toulouse
warehouse
White House

Synonyms and antonyms of over-use in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «over-use» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVER-USE

Find out the translation of over-use to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of over-use from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «over-use» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过度使用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

uso excesivo
570 millions of speakers

English

over-use
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिक उपयोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استخدام المفرط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

над - использование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uso excessivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওভার-ব্যবহার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur-utilisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

terlebih guna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Übernutzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過剰使用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이상 사용
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Over-use
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

qua sử dụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீது பயன்படுத்தக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधिक-वापर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşırı kullanım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uso eccessivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nad - użycie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

над- використання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supra- utilizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερβολική χρήση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oor- gebruik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överutnyttjande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

over- bruk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of over-use

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVER-USE»

The term «over-use» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVER-USE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «over-use» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «over-use» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about over-use

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVER-USE»

Discover the use of over-use in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to over-use and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Computer security FAA needs to improve controls over use of ...
United States General Accounting Office GAO Report to the Chairman, Committee on Science, House of Representatives December 1999 COMPUTER SECURITY FAA Needs to Improve Controls Over Use of Foreign Nationals to Remediate ...
2
Brain Repair After Stroke
A minimal amount of limb use may be necessary in order to maximize restorative processes in surviving tissue; however, extreme over-use increases the size of the lesion. Although complete disuse of the impaired forelimb does not, ...
Steven C. Cramer, Randolph J. Nudo, 2010
3
Immigrant Pupils Learn English
Errors generally of non-required use or over-use of the definite article. Article omission rate high, although possibly influenced by L1 background of pupil. 0.31 –0.4 A2 Ivan, Jin Increasing article use. Accuracy fluctuating (60– 100%), rising ...
Bronagh Ćatibušić, David Little, 2014
4
Research in Rehabilitation: Results from a Research Network ...
"Over-use". of. the. Rehab. System. The suspicion that rehabilitation was also used to an intolerable extent by "patients" who were not really ill but had succeeded in taking "an additional holiday at other people's expense", was a common ...
Wilfried H. Jäckel, 2006
5
Understanding Basic Statistics, Brief
A random sample of 895 incidents of shoplifting gave the following age distribution: Estimate the mean age, sample variance, and sample standard deviation for the shoplifters. For the class 41 and over, use 45.5 as the class midpoint. 16.
Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase, 2008
6
Sports and Exercise Injuries: Conventional, Homeopathic and ...
In addition to coaching and training errors or poor equipment, over-use injuries stem from imbalances or abnormalities in your skeletal structure. Misalignments in your hip, thigh, knee, ankle, or feet create mal- adaptations that, under the ...
Steven I. Subotnick, 1991
7
Tools, Not Rules Teaching Grammar in the Writing Classroom
Twain and other writers are not literally saying that adjectives are bad; they are saying that good writers avoid over-use of adjectives, and prefer using a noun that contains the meaning carried by the adjective when possible. Writer Judy Delton ...
Tommy Thomason, Geoff Ward, 2010
8
Understandable Statistics, Enhanced Edition
For the class 31 and over, use 35.5 as the class midpoint. Grouped Data: Shoplifting What is the age distribution of adult shoplifters (21 years of age or older) in supermarkets? The following is based on information taken from the National ...
Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase, 2009
9
Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Coexisting Mental ...
... Dependence Pathologic, often progressive and chronic process Compulsion and preoccupation with obtaining a drug or drugs Loss of control over use or AOD- induced behavior Continued use despite adverse consequences Tendency for ...
Richard Ries, 1996
10
Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
For the class 31 and over, use 35.5 as the class midpoint. Grouped Data: Shoplifting What is the age distribution of adult shoplifters (21 years of age or older) in supermarkets? The following is based on information taken from the National ...
Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase, 2011

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