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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERHEAT

overheat  [ˌəʊvəˈhiːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERHEAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overheat 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 overheat in English.

WHAT DOES OVERHEAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overheat in the English dictionary

The first definition of overheat in the dictionary is to make or become excessively hot. Other definition of overheat is to make very agitated, irritated, etc. Overheat is also to tend towards inflation, often as a result of excessive growth in demand.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERHEAT

PRESENT

Present
I overheat
you overheat
he/she/it overheats
we overheat
you overheat
they overheat
Present continuous
I am overheating
you are overheating
he/she/it is overheating
we are overheating
you are overheating
they are overheating
Present perfect
I have overheated
you have overheated
he/she/it has overheated
we have overheated
you have overheated
they have overheated
Present perfect continuous
I have been overheating
you have been overheating
he/she/it has been overheating
we have been overheating
you have been overheating
they have been overheating
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 overheated
you overheated
he/she/it overheated
we overheated
you overheated
they overheated
Past continuous
I was overheating
you were overheating
he/she/it was overheating
we were overheating
you were overheating
they were overheating
Past perfect
I had overheated
you had overheated
he/she/it had overheated
we had overheated
you had overheated
they had overheated
Past perfect continuous
I had been overheating
you had been overheating
he/she/it had been overheating
we had been overheating
you had been overheating
they had been overheating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overheat
we let´s overheat
you overheat
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overheat
Past participle
overheated
Present Participle
overheating
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 OVERHEAT


afterheat
ˈɑːftəˌhiːt
beat
biːt
complete
kəmˈpliːt
delete
dɪˈliːt
eat
iːt
elite
ɪˈliːt
feat
fiːt
feet
fiːt
heat
hiːt
meat
miːt
meet
miːt
petite
pəˈtiːt
postheat
ˌpəʊstˈhiːt
preheat
priːˈhiːt
reheat
riːˈhiːt
repeat
rɪˈpiːt
seat
siːt
sheet
ʃiːt
superheat
ˌsuːpəˈhiːt
ultraheat
ˌʌltrəˈhiːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERHEAT

overhead
overhead camshaft
overhead costs
overhead door
overhead light
overhead lighting
overhead locker
overhead projection
overhead projector
overhead valve
overhead-valve engine
overheads
overheap
overhear
overheated
overheating
overhent
overhigh
overhit
overhold

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERHEAT

black heat
buckwheat
cheat
cracked wheat
durum wheat
escheat
latent heat
mechanical equivalent of heat
on heat
prickly heat
radiant heat
residual heat
specific heat
the heat
total heat
turn up the heat
wheat
white heat
whole-wheat
winter wheat

Synonyms and antonyms of overheat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overheat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERHEAT

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

Translator English - Chinese

过度加热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recalentarse
570 millions of speakers

English

overheat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा गरम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اسخن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перегреться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

superaquecer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিমাত্রায় তপ্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chauffer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terlalu panas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heiß laufen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過熱する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과열되다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overheat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đun quá độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேவைக்கும் அதிகமான சூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिशीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı ısınmasına
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

surriscaldarsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przegrzanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перегрітися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supraîncălzi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερθερμανθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorverhit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överhettas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overopphetes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overheat

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERHEAT»

The term «overheat» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERHEAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overheat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overheat» 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 overheat

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERHEAT»

Discover the use of overheat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overheat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anthropology and International Health: South Asian Case Studies
Insufficient diet is linked to the etiological factors "overheat," "less blood," and " spoiled blood." One line of reasoning was that when there is less food in the stomach, it becomes overheated — heats the blood — causing it to spoil "the way rice ...
M. Nichter, 1989
2
LOCKHEED T - 33: FLIGHT MANUAL - 6
Aiways use a torque wrench on terminai not when making electricai connection to overheat detector switch. (i. A maximum of 20 inch»pounds torque can be appiied when insniator is constructed of porcelain material. a. A maximum of 15 ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1973
3
Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems
16.2.1.1 Unit fire detectors These are effectively thermostatic overheat switches based on the bimetallic principle. Figure 16.1 illustrates the external features and internal view and electrical schematic of a typical overheat switch. The two ...
David Wyatt, Mike Tooley, 2009
4
Challenges of Power Engineering and Environment: Proceedings ...
3.2.3 Overheat temperature Effect of overheat temperature seems unusual as shown in Fig. 5. Thermal efficiency is a weak function of overheat temperature, not increase with overheat. In other words, efficiency increases little, or sometimes it ...
Ke-fa Cen, Yong Chi, Jianhua Yan, 2009
5
Factors Affecting Stress Assisted Corrosion Cracking of ...
Overheating Damage Mechanism BTFs due to boiler tube overheat actually involves two mechanisms: short-term overheat, and long-term overheat. Short- term overheat occurs when boiler tubing is heated well above design temperature of ...
Dong Yang, 2008
6
Direct Support and General Support Maintenance Manual: ...
The electric space heater requires 480 V ac, 3-ph power and is protected both by external circuit breakers and an integral overheat breaker. The heater is controlled by a wall-mounted thermostat. This section provides a pretest procedure and ...
‎1991
7
Organizational Maintenance Manual for Carrier, Guided ...
(7) Position end cover on coolant heater, turn cover clockwise, and secure with four nuts (fig. 3- 26). (8) Install fuel control valve (para 3-43). (9) Connect battery negative lead (para 2-98). 3-41. Overheat Thermostat (fig. 3-28) a. Removal.
‎1984
8
GENERAL DYNAMICS F – 16 FALCON: MANUAL FIGHT 1
The fire and overheat detection system consists of two separate parallel loop sensing systems, one for fire and the other for overheat. The fire detection loops are routed through the engine compartment. The overheat detection loops are ...
COSTARMAEREO, 2003
9
Fibercell Overheat Hazard Detection System
The purpose of the program was the development of an airborne overheat hazard detection system, utilizing the proprietary power-generating Fibercell concept as the sensor.
Stanley Yalof, WHITTAKER CORP SAN DIEGO CALIF NARMCO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIV., 1967
10
MACDONNELL DOUGLAS F-4 PHANTOM II: FLIGHT MANUAL 10
FLIGHT MANUAL 10 COSTARMAEREO. Exhaust nozzle flaps must be closed to provide access to aft fuselage overheat sensing element. At least three safety clips must be opened and sensing element released from clips before heater probe ...
COSTARMAEREO, 1978

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERHEAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overheat is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Memphis events adjust to keep participants cool
"When you overheat again, your heart works harder, your internal organs work harder and if you become dehydrated it can make a person ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 15»
2
4-H participants show off their animals Saturday at Westfair
“Just trying to do as many things as possible to keep them cool and not overheat because they can, especially if they get riled up,” participant ... «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
3
Man hospitalised after carrying burning chip pan out of Buckley house
Mr Roberts added: “Leaving a chip pan unattended for any length of time can have disastrous results as the oil can easily overheat and ignite ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
4
Waku: Saraki's Wife Ordeal Mastermind by Tinubu
... his personal relationship with the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, to embarrass and torment fellow party members as well as overheat the ... «THISDAY Live, Jul 15»
5
A life saved by a bond, and fashion
Lane worried Hart would overheat, but it was in that moment, he says now, that he realized the scared and troubled boy he had befriended ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
6
Please Help.
But during the highest water temps of midsummer bass tend to overheat and bass action in general slows down. One of the best defenses ... «BassResource.com, Jul 15»
7
Spiffy Pets Grooming & Daycare in Machesney Park has gone to the …
“We don't use cage dryers either, because animals can overheat. We just try to make it an all-around pleasant experience for them," ... «Rockford Register Star, Jul 15»
8
Recalls This Week: Night Lights, Strollers, Dressers
More than 140,000 night lights are being recalled because they can overheat and spark a fire. Other recalled consumer products this week ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
9
Why the Fed Needs to Get Off the Dime
... there will be many months when interest rates are too low. These low rates can cause the economy to overheat, putting pressure on prices. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
10
There's No Such Thing As An 'Outdoor Dog'
"Dogs can overheat very quickly in warm weather climates and can get hypothermia in cold, wet conditions." There is no breed or type of dog ... «The Dodo, Jul 15»

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