Word Root: over
over, excessive, above
From Germanic: ufanSample words for the root over: overcook, overemphasize, overrule, overwhelm, overpower, overrun, oversee, overshadow, overt, overwrought, overdo, overpass, overpay, overproduction, overrate, overthrow, overweight, overture, overbalance, overhaul, overlap, overtire, overturn, overburden, overcharge, overdue, overestimate, overlapping, overload, oversight, overall, overconfidence, overtax. Each word has meanings and examples. Click their buttons to get sentences selected from classic works and modern media.
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1 overall 
a. general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 2 overbalance
v. weigh more heavily; exceed in weight, value, or importance; surpass; throw off the balance
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 3 overbearing
a. expecting unquestioning obedience; overwhelming in power or significance
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 4 overburden
v. overcharge; take excessive burden; load with excessive weight
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 5 overcast
a. covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist; gloomy; melancholy
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 7 overcome
v. defeat another in competition or conflict; conquer; prevail over
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 8 overconfidence
n. excessive confidence; total certainty
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 11 overdose
n. excessive dose, especially of a narcotic
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 12 overdue
a. past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 13 overemphasize
v. place special or excessive emphasis on
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 15 overhaul
v. examine or go over carefully for needed repairs; make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 16 overhear
v. hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 17 overlap
n. representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 18 overlapping
a. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 20 overpass
n. bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 21 overpay
v. pay too much; pay in excess of what is due
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 22 overpower
v. overcome by superior force; overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 23 overproduction
n. too much production or more than expected
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 25 override
v. ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 26 overrule
v. decide against a decision that has already been made
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 27 overrun
v. run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 29 oversee
v. supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 30 overshadow
v. throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 31 oversight
n. unintentional omission or mistake; watchful care or management; supervision
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 33 overtake
v. come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; catch up with; come upon from behind; capture; overcome
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 34 overtax
v. heavily burden; tax above what is considered appropriate or just; tax too heavily
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 35 overthrow
v. throw over; overturn; upset; turn upside down; cause to fall or to fail
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 37 overtire
v. tire excessively; fatigue to exhaustion
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 38 overture
n. an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 41 overwhelm
v. defeat; cover completely or make imperceptible; overcome by superior force ; charge someone with too many tasks
Example Sentences Search Google Search M.Webster 42 overwhelming
a. overpowering in effect or strength; very great or intense; extreme
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