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- outlying adjective
Outlying means far from the centre, out on the edge of a place. - outnumber verb (outnumber, outnumbers, outnumbered, outnumbering)
1) To outnumber means to be more in number. If girls outnumber boys, there are more girls than boys. - outpace verb (outpace, outpaces, outpaced, outpacing)
To go faster than someone or something, so that you get ahead. - outplacement noun (outplacement, uncountable); business jargon
help paid by a company to workers it has fired, to find new jobs. - output noun (output, outputs); verb (output, outputs, output or outputted, outputting)
The amount of something that is made or produced. - outrage noun (outrage, outrages); verb (outrage, outrages, outraged, outraging)
noun: A very strong feeling of anger and shock because something seems deeply unfair or wrong. - outrageous adjective
Outrageous means very shocking, wild or cruel, far beyond what is fair or proper. - outright adjective (outright); adverb (outright)
Complete and total, with no doubt: «an outright winner», «an outright lie». - outrun verb (outrun, outruns, outran, outrun, outrunning)
1) To run faster or further than someone, so you get away or win. 2) To grow or go beyond something: «Our spending outran our money». - outset noun (the outset — singular only)
1) The outset is the start or beginning of something. 2) «At the outset» means at the start; «from the outset» means from the start. - outshine verb (outshine, outshines, outshone, outshining; US also outshined)
To outshine someone or something is to be much better or more impressive than them. - outside noun (the outside); adverb (outside); preposition (outside); adjective (outside)
Outside means not inside, out in the open air. - outsider noun (an outsider, outsiders)
An outsider is a person who does not belong to a group, or is not accepted by it. - outskirts noun (the outskirts — plural only)
1) The outskirts of a town or city are the parts at its edge, furthest from the centre. - outsmart verb (outsmart, outsmarts, outsmarted, outsmarting)
1) To outsmart someone is to beat them by being cleverer or trickier. - outspread adjective
Outspread means spread out wide and open. - outstanding adjective (outstanding)
Outstanding means extremely good, much better than most. - outstretched adjective (outstretched)
1) Stretched out as far as possible, usually said of arms, hands, wings or legs. - outstrip verb (outstrip, outstrips, outstripped, outstripping)
To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind. - outward adjective; adverb (outward, outwards)
Outward means going away from the centre or from a place, towards the outside. - outwardly adverb
Outwardly means on the outside, as others can see it, not as it is inside. - outweigh verb (outweigh, outweighs, outweighed, outweighing)
If one thing outweighs another, it is more important or bigger in effect: «The good points outweigh the bad». - outwit verb (outwit, outwits, outwitted, outwitting)
To outwit someone is to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a trick. - oval adjective (oval); noun (an oval, ovals)
1) Shaped like an egg or a stretched circle. 2) (noun) An oval shape. 3) (Australia) A sports field, often oval-shaped, for cricket or… - ovary noun (an ovary, ovaries)
In female animals and people, an ovary is one of the organs that make egg cells. - oven noun (oven, ovens)
An oven is a box in the kitchen that gets very hot for baking and cooking. - over preposition (over); adverb (over); adjective (over — finished); noun (an over — cricket)
Over means above, or across from one side to the other: the bird flew over the tree. - overactive adjective
1) Too active; working, moving or doing more than is normal or healthy. 2) (body) An organ that works too hard, like an overactive thyroid. - overall adjective (overall); adverb (overall); noun (an overall, overalls)
Overall means including everything; total: «the overall cost». - overarm adjective (overarm); adverb (overarm)
1) Thrown or done with the arm raised above the shoulder: an overarm throw, an overarm bowl. - overboard adverb (overboard)
Overboard means over the side of a boat or ship and into the water. - overcast adjective (overcast); noun (the overcast — rare, weather talk)
Overcast describes a sky completely covered with grey clouds, so you cannot see the sun. - overcharge verb (overcharge, overcharges, overcharged, overcharging); noun (an overcharge)
To overcharge someone is to ask them to pay more money than the correct price. - overcoat noun (an overcoat, overcoats)
1) A long, warm coat worn over other clothes in cold weather. - overcome verb (overcome, overcomes, overcame, overcoming; past participle overcome); adjective (overcome)
To overcome a problem or fear is to deal with it successfully and beat it. - overconfident adjective (overconfident, more overconfident)
1) Overconfident means too sure of yourself, so you take risks or don't prepare enough. - overcook verb (overcook, overcooks, overcooked, overcooking)
To cook food for too long, so it becomes dry, hard, burnt or mushy. - overcrowd verb (overcrowd, overcrowds, overcrowded, overcrowding)
To put or let too many people or things into a place, so it is too full. - overcrowding noun (overcrowding, uncountable); also the -ing form of the verb overcrowd
The state of having too many people or things in one place, so that it is too full. - overdo verb (overdo, overdoes, overdid, overdone, overdoing)
To do something too much or use too much of something: "Don't overdo the salt.". - overdose noun (an overdose, overdoses); verb (overdose, overdoses, overdosed, overdosing)
An overdose is too much of a medicine or drug taken at once, which can make someone very ill or kill them. - overdraft noun (an overdraft, overdrafts)
An overdraft is when a bank lets you take out more money from your account than you have in it, so you owe the bank money. - overdue adjective (overdue)
Something overdue has not arrived, happened or been done by the time it was expected or needed. - overeat verb (overeat, overeats, overate, overeaten, overeating)
1) To overeat is to eat more food than your body needs. - overestimate verb (overestimate, overestimates, overestimated, overestimating); noun (an overestimate, overestimates)
To guess or think that an amount is bigger than it really is. - overexcited adjective (overexcited)
1) So excited that you cannot stay calm and may become silly, loud or wild. 2) Too excited about something, more than makes sense. - overfed adjective (overfed); verb past form (overfeed, overfeeds, overfed, overfeeding)
1) Overfed means given too much food, more than is healthy. 2) Overfed is the past form of overfeed: «They overfed the fish». - overfill verb (overfill, overfills, overfilled, overfilling)
1) To overfill something is to put too much into it, so it is too full or spills over. - overflow verb (overflow, overflows, overflowed, overflowing); noun (an overflow, overflows)
To overflow means to flow over the edge because something is too full, like a bath. - overgrown adjective (overgrown)
Covered with plants, weeds or grass that have grown too much because no one has cut them. - overhang verb (overhang, overhangs, overhung, overhanging); noun (an overhang, overhangs)
To overhang is to stick out over something below. - overhead adverb (overhead: fly overhead); adjective (overhead: an overhead light); noun (overheads, plural, in business)
Overhead means above your head or up in the sky. - overhear verb (overhear, overhears, overheard, overhearing)
1) To overhear something is to hear what other people are saying without them knowing, or without meaning to listen. - overheat verb (overheat, overheats, overheated, overheating)
1) To overheat is to become too hot. 2) To overheat something is to make it too hot. - overjoyed adjective
Overjoyed means very, very happy, so happy you could burst. - overland adverb (overland); adjective (overland)
1) Across land, by road or on foot, rather than by sea or by air. - overlap verb (overlap, overlaps, overlapped, overlapping); noun (an overlap, overlaps)
To overlap means to cover part of the same space as something else, so one thing lies partly over another. - overlapping adjective (overlapping); verb form (-ing of overlap: overlap, overlaps, overlapped, overlapping)
Overlapping means covering part of something else, so two things lie partly over each other. - overload verb (overload, overloads, overloaded, overloading); noun (an overload, overloads)
To overload something is to put too much weight or too many things on or in it. - overloaded adjective (overloaded); verb past form (overload → overloaded)
Overloaded means carrying more weight or things than is safe. - overlook verb (overlook, overlooks, overlooked, overlooking); noun (an overlook — US, a viewpoint)
To overlook something is to fail to notice it or to miss it. - overlord noun (an overlord, overlords)
A ruler who has power over other rulers or lords, especially in the Middle Ages. - overlordship noun (overlordship)
1) Overlordship is the power or position of an overlord, a ruler who has power over other lords or kings. - overly adverb (overly)
1) Overly means too much, more than needed. - overlying adjective; verb form (present participle of overlie)
1) Lying on top of something else; covering it. 2) (formal) Being more noticeable or on the surface, over a deeper thing. - overnight adverb; adjective
Overnight means during the night or for the whole night. - overpower verb (overpower, overpowers, overpowered, overpowering)
To beat someone by being stronger, so they cannot fight back. - overrate verb (overrate, overrates, overrated, overrating)
To think something or someone is better or more important than it really is. - overreact verb (overreact, overreacts, overreacted, overreacting)
1) To react much more strongly than you need to, such as getting very angry or upset over something small. - override verb (override, overrides, overrode, overriding, overridden); noun (an override)
To override a decision or order is to cancel it using greater power. - overriding adjective (overriding); also the -ing form of the verb override (override, overrides, overrode, overridden, overriding)
adjective: More important than anything else: "Safety is the overriding concern.". - overrule verb (overrule, overrules, overruled, overruling)
To overrule someone is to change their decision because you have more power or authority. - overrun verb (overrun, overruns, overran, overrunning)
To overrun a place is to fill it so that there is too much of something everywhere. - overseas adverb (overseas); adjective (overseas)
Overseas means in or to another country, especially one across the sea. - overseer noun (plural overseers)
A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders. - overshadow verb (overshadow, overshadows, overshadowed, overshadowing)
To make someone or something seem less important by being more successful or noticeable: her sister overshadowed her. - overshoe noun (an overshoe, overshoes)
1) A rubber or plastic shoe worn over an ordinary shoe to keep it dry or clean. - overshot verb, past form of overshoot (overshoot, overshoots, overshot, overshooting); also the noun overshot (rare)
Went past a place, line or target by mistake, without stopping where you meant to. - oversight noun (an oversight, oversights)
A mistake made because you forgot or did not notice something. - oversimplification noun (an oversimplification, oversimplifications)
A way of explaining something that makes it far too simple, so that important parts are left out and it becomes wrong or misleading. - oversized adjective
1) Bigger than the normal size; very large. 2) Too big for its purpose, like an oversized coat on a small child. - oversleep verb (oversleep, oversleeps, overslept, oversleeping)
1) To sleep longer than you meant to, so that you wake up late. - overspend verb (overspend, overspends, overspent, overspending); noun (an overspend)
To overspend is to spend more money than you have or than you planned. - overstate verb (overstate, overstates, overstated, overstating)
1) To overstate something is to make it sound bigger, better or more important than it really is; to exaggerate. - overstated adjective (overstated); also the past form of the verb overstate (overstate, overstates, overstated, overstating)
Said to be bigger, more important or worse than it really is; exaggerated. - overstretch verb (overstretch, overstretches, overstretched, overstretching)
To overstretch a muscle is to stretch it too far and hurt it. - overtake verb (overtake, overtakes, overtook, overtaken, overtaking)
To overtake is to catch up with someone moving in the same direction and go past them. - overthrow verb (overthrow, overthrows, overthrew, overthrowing, overthrown); noun (an overthrow, overthrows)
To overthrow a ruler or government is to remove them from power by force. - overtime noun (overtime, uncountable); adverb (overtime)
Overtime is extra time that someone works after their normal working hours. - overtire verb (overtire, overtires, overtired, overtiring)
1) To make someone, or yourself, far too tired, so that they become grumpy or unwell. - overturn verb (overturn, overturns, overturned, overturning)
To overturn is to turn over, or make something turn over, so the bottom is on top: the boat overturned. - overturned adjective (overturned); verb past form (overturn, overturns, overturned, overturning)
Overturned means turned upside down or onto its side: an overturned boat. - overuse verb (overuse, overuses, overused, overusing); noun (overuse — uncountable)
1) (verb) To use something too much or too often. 2) (noun) Using something too much, so that it is wasted, worn out, harmful or boring. - overweight adjective (overweight); noun (overweight, rare)
1) Overweight means heavier than is healthy for your height and age. 2) Overweight means heavier than allowed, like an overweight suitcase. - overwhelm verb (overwhelm, overwhelms, overwhelmed, overwhelming)
To overwhelm someone is to give them so much of a feeling or so much to do that they can't cope. - overwhelming adjective (overwhelming); also the -ing form of the verb overwhelm (overwhelm, overwhelms, overwhelmed, overwhelming)
Very great or strong, so that it is hard to deal with: "an overwhelming feeling of sadness". - overwork verb (overwork, overworks, overworked, overworking); noun (overwork, uncountable)
verb: To work too hard or too long, or to make someone do so. - overworking verb, -ing form of «overwork» (overworking); noun (overworking)
1) Overworking is working too hard or too long. 2) Overworking someone or something is making them work too much. - ovule noun (ovule, ovules)
1) An ovule is a tiny part inside the ovary of a flower that becomes a seed after it is fertilised by pollen. - owe verb (owe, owes, owed, owing)
To have to pay back money that someone lent you.
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